From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94F731F4D7; Sat, 7 May 2022 00:57:06 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 00:57:06 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: Julien Moutinho Cc: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: Re: Difficulty following the AGPL for example systemd units Message-ID: <20220507005706.M664745@dcvr> References: <2827814.e9J7NaK4W3@jason-lemur-pro> <20220425232251.GA11277@dcvr> <20220426222705.GA30933@dcvr> <10086828.nUPlyArG6x@jason-lemur-pro> <20220428105332.GA8238@dcvr> <20220506203223.xhp3ipbt4isp4tty@sourcephile.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220506203223.xhp3ipbt4isp4tty@sourcephile.fr> List-Id: Julien Moutinho wrote: > Le jeu. 28 avril 2022 10h53 +0000, Eric Wong a ??crit??: > > Jason Yundt 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)... > $ cat .reuse/dep5 > > Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ > > Upstream-Name: public-inbox > > Upstream-Contact: Eric Wong > > Source: https://public-inbox.org/public-inbox.git Would prefer upstream contact to be something along the lines of: all contributors ...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.