Re: [PATCH] Add rpy2.

[Ludovic Courtès]

"Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)" <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Jul 8, 2015 2:57 PM, "Ludovic Courtès" <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add python-rpy2.
>> >
>> > * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-rpy2, python2-rpy2): New variables.
>
>> > +    (license gpl2+)))
>>
>> R being GPLv3+, this should be the same.
>
> I understand the reasoning that a package is more user-oriented than
> developer-oriented and should reflect the license of the whole, but there's
> an argument for reflecting the original license as well. Has this been
> discussed?

This has been mentioned in past reviews.  Basically the intent is for
‘license’ to reflect the license of the whole, but we often end up
leaving a comment in cases where there’s some ambiguity.

I think it’s hard to do better without maintaining ‘copyright’ files
à la Debian.

Ludo’.