Re: Difficulty following the AGPL for example systemd units

[Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>]

Julien Moutinho <julm+public-inbox@sourcephile.fr> wrote:
> Le jeu. 28 avril 2022 10h53 +0000, Eric Wong a ??crit??:
> > Jason Yundt <jason@jasonyundt.email> wrote:
> > > Now that I look at it, the top-level README only says that the program is 
> > > under the GNU AGPL. Does that mean that those units don???t have a license?
> > 
> > I suppose there's no license, or just CC0/public-domain.
> > I mean, we sometimes post config snippets in emails w/o licenses, too;
> > and same happens on git@vger and various other development lists/forums/etc..
> > 
> > *shrug*
> You may want to use https://reuse.software to clarify this :
> 
> $ reuse init

Interesting, though I'm trying to have less software installed
on my system(s)...

<snip>

> $ cat .reuse/dep5
> > Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
> > Upstream-Name: public-inbox
> > Upstream-Contact: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
> > Source: https://public-inbox.org/public-inbox.git

Would prefer upstream contact to be something along the lines of:
  all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
...To emphasize that it's a community project.

As an aside, I've always been a shy introvert, so I always get
uncomfortable when seeing my name in "official-looking" places.
I'm even less comfortable as I age, and believe the acronym
expansion I added to the AUTHORS file is rather appropriate ;>

> > # Sample paragraph, commented out:
> > #
> > # Files: src/*
> > # Copyright: $YEAR $NAME <$CONTACT>
> > # License: ...
> > 
> 
> And after editing .reuse/dep5:
> 
> $ git rm COPYING
> $ git add LICENSES .reuse/dep5
> $ reuse lint

Anyways, I'll think about it; though I'm not sure if I want to
be an early adopter of this and put more .dotfiles into the
source tree.

Thanks.