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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Jookia <166291@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, thylakoid@openmailbox.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add pioneers
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 21:20:27 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877fi5qtuc.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160216020334.GA3987@novena-choice-citizen.lan> (Jookia's message of "Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:03:34 +1100")

Jookia <166291@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 08:21:04PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
>> > +    (home-page "http://pio.sourceforge.net/")
>> > +    (license license:gpl2+)))
>>
>> Since the source files include the "any later version" clause, I changed
>> this to GPL3+. I usually grep for 'later version' when COPYING indicates
>> GPL2.
>
> I don't like this and I think this is a bad idea. The project isn't licensed
> under the GPLv3+, it's licensed under the GPLv2+. When people search for
> packages and read licenses they're not going to be misinformed. I feel this is a
> disservice to the users of Guix, and misleading at best or dishonest at worst.

You're right, Jookia.  Leo was mistaken about our policy.

If upstream allows distribution under "GPLv2 or any later version", then
our license field should be gpl2+.

     Thanks,
       Mark

      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-02-16  2:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-15 21:14 [PATCH] gnu: Add pioneers thylakoid
2016-02-16  1:21 ` Leo Famulari
2016-02-16  2:03   ` Jookia
2016-02-16  2:17     ` Leo Famulari
2016-02-16  2:20     ` Mark H Weaver [this message]

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