From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
To: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
Cc: 27468@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#27468] [PATCH] gnu: Add linkchecker.
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 13:11:42 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <14857a52.AEAAO8NY76EAAAAAAAAAAAPNQHwAAAACwQwAAAAAAAW9WABZoSZK@mailjet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pobk2760.fsf@fastmail.com>
>>> Also, since GPL2+ is stricter than the other licenses, the program as a
>>> whole is effectively GPL2+, so we don't really need to mention those
>>> one-off source files in the license field (but comments are great).
>>
>> But, we generally don't hide this information from the user, right? Many
>> Guix packages have licenses of even single files mentioned in the
>> `license' field. Do you still think I should remove them?
>
> I don't know :-) Licensing is a tricky topic. The GPL is rather
> explicit in that it covers the "program as a whole". If we treat
> individual parts differently, it may be misleading to the end user.
>
> OTOH, the GPL permits using those source files individually under their
> own terms. Perhaps the most practical solution would be to add a
> "supplementary licenses" interface...
>
> I am not a lawyer, so please use your own judgement. No strong opinion
> either way. :-)
I'm confused too. So, I have escalated this question to
guix-devel. Let's see what others have to say.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-08-26 7:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-24 0:17 [bug#27468] [PATCH] gnu: Add linkchecker Arun Isaac
[not found] ` <handler.27468.B.149826350831000.ack@debbugs.gnu.org>
2017-06-24 0:27 ` [bug#27468] Acknowledgement ([PATCH] gnu: Add linkchecker.) Arun Isaac
2017-08-22 23:34 ` Arun Isaac
2017-08-23 0:10 ` Marius Bakke
2017-08-22 23:30 ` [bug#27468] [PATCH] gnu: Add linkchecker Arun Isaac
2017-08-23 0:02 ` Marius Bakke
2017-08-23 7:26 ` Arun Isaac
2017-08-23 7:33 ` Arun Isaac
[not found] ` <4a4f0a8d.AEEAPL4o3uEAAAAAAAAAAAPFd4cAAAACwQwAAAAAAAW9WABZnS4m@mailjet.com>
2017-08-24 17:43 ` Marius Bakke
2017-08-26 7:41 ` Arun Isaac [this message]
2017-08-30 7:29 ` bug#27468: " Arun Isaac
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