From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur Subject: Re: Unrar package might contain proprietary code. Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:39:03 +0100 Message-ID: <87fuiwn34o.fsf@lassieur.org> References: <87h93cn4ye.fsf@lassieur.org> <20170301202009.GA22689@jocasta.intra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57239) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cjB1j-0001JM-Hl for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:39:12 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cjB1f-0001Kn-AS for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:39:11 -0500 In-reply-to: <20170301202009.GA22689@jocasta.intra> 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" To: John Darrington Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, John Darrington > Yes, the package does not explicitly have headers in the way that GNU re= commends. > But I do not see how such a recommendation is "mandatory". (It's mandator= y for > gnu programs, but there are many non-gnu programs in Guix) This is what I was referring to: Whichever license you plan to use, the process involves adding two elements to each source file of your program: a copyright notice (such as =E2=80=9CCopyright 1999 Terry Jones=E2=80=9D), and a statement of co= pying permission, saying that the program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (or the Lesser GPL). To me it is pretty clear. And it is not only about GNU programs. > Like you say, the authors have taken GPL code from another project and in= corporated > it into unrar - that is only possible if the the resultant work is GPL co= mpatible. Or if the resultant work is illegal? > Also if you look at the site where it is hosted https://gna.org/projects/= unrar you > will see that it says: License: GNU General Public License V2 or later. But the site could be mistaken too.