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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perha
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Riley Baird |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ? |
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Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:16:31 +1000 |
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> Well, there are a lot of other problems with the license chooser in
> addition to that. It is pretty anti-copyleft. We submitted a patch to
> fix the factual description of the GPL and it was rejected.
What part of their description is untrue? This is all the information I
could find on the GPL on their website:
The GPL (V2 or V3) is a copyleft license that requires anyone who
distributes your code or a derivative work to make the source available
under the same terms. V3 is similar to V2, but further restricts use in
hardware that forbids software alterations.
Linux, Git, and WordPress use the GPL.
How to apply this license
Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root
of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file.
Note: The Free Software Foundation recommends taking the additional step
of adding a boilerplate notice to the top of each file. The boilerplate
can be found at the end of the license.
Required
Disclose Source
License and copyright notice
State Changes
Permitted
Commercial Use
Distribution
Modification
Patent Grant
Private Use
Forbidden
Hold Liable
Sublicensing
> For example, the choice to present the GPL's protections as
> restrictions/requirements is a loaded one.
I don't think that saying that the protections are requirements is
loaded language. For example, "license and copyright notice" is held to
be a requirement, and this is still listen as a requirement on the MIT
license's page. (That being said, there are some requirements of the GPL
which they do not list, e.g. 2a and 2c of GPLv2)
- [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Felipe Sanches, 2014/08/04
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Riley Baird (Orthogonal), 2014/08/05
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, John Sullivan, 2014/08/18
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?,
Riley Baird <=
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Jason Self, 2014/08/18
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Riley Baird, 2014/08/19
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Julian Marchant, 2014/08/19
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Riley Baird, 2014/08/19
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Jason Self, 2014/08/19
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Riley Baird, 2014/08/19
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, hellekin, 2014/08/19
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Riley Baird, 2014/08/20
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, Jason Self, 2014/08/19
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?, John Sullivan, 2014/08/19