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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add sparse.
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Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> skribis:

> This patch adds sparse.

Thanks!  Would it make sense to put it in linux.scm?

> I had to add the Open Software License to guix/licenses.scm. Debian
> does not think of it as a Free Software license, but I think it's OK
> with GNU.

The page at <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OSL>
contains says it=E2=80=99s free but mentions worrisome details:

   Recent versions of the Open Software License have a term which
   requires distributors to try to obtain explicit assent to the
   license. This means that distributing OSL software on ordinary FTP
   sites, sending patches to ordinary mailing lists, or storing the
   software in an ordinary version control system, is arguably a
   violation of the license and would subject you to possible
   termination of the license.  [...]

We=E2=80=99re not distributing it, just distributing the build recipes.
However, would it be a violation to distribute pre-built binaries on
Hydra?  Could you check that?

> May I push ?

Yes.  We=E2=80=99ll figure out what to do with distribution via Hydra, thou=
gh.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.