From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Efraim Flashner Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license. Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 10:08:11 +0300 Message-ID: <20160327100811.51d01807@debian-netbook> References: <83dc458a779ea4c3d3c9a08d5d5a4a8420e98b31.1459033650.git.leo@famulari.name> <871t6w3czm.fsf@dustycloud.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/dBRjQzrjPJzUDBtCV2fhn.n"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47000) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ak4o6-0000UE-3z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2016 03:08:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ak4o2-0006Zy-TW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2016 03:08:18 -0400 Received: from flashner.co.il ([178.62.234.194]:41454) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ak4o2-0006Zu-Mn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2016 03:08:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871t6w3czm.fsf@dustycloud.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Christopher Allan Webber Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --Sig_/dBRjQzrjPJzUDBtCV2fhn.n Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 18:50:53 -0700 Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > Leo Famulari writes: >=20 > [...] =20 >=20 > Now there's a license name bound to cause some confusion! >=20 > It looks free... I think it would be okay to push. But maybe if only > one or two packages use it it would be better to just use the > non-copyleft license option? >=20 I went and doublechecked the license, because I've heard in the past it's n= ot actually a copyleft license. According to wikipedia[0], it is not copyleft, but is GPL compatable, and recognized by the FSF. The language of the licen= se does allow for not buying the author a beer. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware --=20 Efraim Flashner =D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D = =D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=A8 GPG key =3D A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted --Sig_/dBRjQzrjPJzUDBtCV2fhn.n Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJW94bbAAoJEPTB05F+rO6TbWsQAJz77CpW6eh5uLbQEy8K6WCS Rzqos3o+M2mjcEE5x3Yp8Fmr24OVjGcqyh++/HSiIPYf/geS2MMErH9mfs6hMHmT +IVJKbCqS4LpVzDRyO5MZNJZ6lmJmhYSwlVrX13mH7Vu9vQfTJnunHVpVXougPYL McAn1IFnd3X1FOhi+ycuCokOSkWSSyy2GK1Xp9EPmFAFrKge3D25NhGJ/IwjzQXK Cu1R5qmPbhPGQeWwllvY/lzEV6bayXsnYtaRSAavx66NrC2FWbRlXIBn+uUmApTZ kIrZdmMFzGmwRrCcl95N6S3oZa0ShiHq3YPCuADQbLTzRQ2UZ3se7DxD6iS7Qfu2 P3gwhk1pYr5ivV4ORf9QPFFOEXIJJsaYvN3DwTerhpuTNZIDAa7Xsvt61QnPGMgX c6iniq45ZS7ZSGymeMgh6xz12gmlE9e+uGThy6/7qPi0JKzpXQIAalBN2AfWzZlR uRA8mzqqdG2w/dV5X8TKHD+KSH8116CxSEezZKTXkNJvi0L9cOKknAevKd8BYxZv eQq81w/vT/Vkcwsfe4pm9MqOKeXDuvXGtZSaB/Y+JLE2I9D2xVK3Ljq2dSluBfHW 88nPUwtul1hAV6G3HjDDPC1ZoorQ+ZfKULrOvsqcY8lWGRK39ex12CN6fnnMGxEl 1a9ORnRF3IMlc4qGiKVt =4/W7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/dBRjQzrjPJzUDBtCV2fhn.n--