From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 61950@debbugs.gnu.org, Antero Mejr <antero@mailbox.org>
Subject: [bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker.
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 11:45:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZAYYsuK7Di2cZp2t@jasmine.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lek9anaz.fsf@gnu.org>
On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 04:53:40PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> 2. It’s tempting to view devise a “licensing calculus” of sorts and
> automate assessments of licensing compatibility. However, I think
> it’s overestimating both law and our own licensing annotations: how
> law applies in a specific case isn’t entirely clear until one goes
> to court, and our ‘license’ fields fail to represent all the
> relevant nuances anyway (subcomponents having different licenses,
> dual/multiple licensing, etc.).
I emphasize this point. We should not overestimate our understanding of
free / open-source software licensing. The territory is uncharted and
largely untested in the courts.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-06 16:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-04 4:14 [bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-04 4:22 ` [bug#61950] [PATCH 1/3] gnu: libsndfile: Correct license Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-04 4:22 ` [bug#61950] [PATCH 2/3] gnu: libcap: Add bsd-3 license Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-06 16:49 ` Leo Famulari
2023-03-04 4:22 ` [bug#61950] [PATCH 3/3] gnu: nettle-2: Add lgpl3+ to licenses Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-06 16:50 ` Leo Famulari
2023-03-06 16:49 ` [bug#61950] [PATCH 1/3] gnu: libsndfile: Correct license Leo Famulari
2023-03-06 15:53 ` [bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-06 16:21 ` Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-06 22:38 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-22 2:48 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-22 21:56 ` Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-23 2:48 ` bug#61950: " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-06 16:45 ` Leo Famulari [this message]
2023-03-06 18:56 ` [bug#61950] [PATCH] gnu: nettle-2: Add lgpl3+ to licenses Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-06 21:20 ` Leo Famulari
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