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Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license.
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Leo Famulari |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license. |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:18:32 -0400 |
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 09:00:38AM -0700, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
> Leo Famulari writes:
>
> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 02:02:11PM -0700, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
> >> Efraim Flashner writes:
> >>
> >> > On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 18:50:53 -0700
> >> > Christopher Allan Webber <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Leo Famulari writes:
> >> >>
> >> >> [...]
> >> >>
> >> >> Now there's a license name bound to cause some confusion!
> >> >>
> >> >> It looks free... I think it would be okay to push. But maybe if only
> >> >> one or two packages use it it would be better to just use the
> >> >> non-copyleft license option?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I went and doublechecked the license, because I've heard in the past
> >> > it's not
> >> > actually a copyleft license. According to wikipedia[0], it is not
> >> > copyleft,
> >> > but is GPL compatable, and recognized by the FSF. The language of the
> >> > license
> >> > does allow for not buying the author a beer.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware
> >>
> >> It's not a copyleft license, right. That's why I suggested non-copyleft
> >> :)
> >>
> >> For example, in unzip:
> >>
> >> (license (license:non-copyleft "file://LICENSE"
> >> "See LICENSE in the distribution."))
> >
> > I'll do whatever the consensus says.
>
> Okay, and again, I don't have strong opinions, just a suggestion.
>
> > But what about the IBM license on the base64 component of signify? What
> > should I do about that?
>
> I don't know, could you point to what the code is and the license?
The issue is described in the cover letter:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-03/msg01097.html
- [PATCH 0/3] Adding libbsd and signify, Leo Famulari, 2016/03/26
- [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Leo Famulari, 2016/03/26
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Christopher Allan Webber, 2016/03/26
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Efraim Flashner, 2016/03/27
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Christopher Allan Webber, 2016/03/27
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Leo Famulari, 2016/03/27
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Christopher Allan Webber, 2016/03/28
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license.,
Leo Famulari <=
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Alex Vong, 2016/03/28
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Christopher Allan Webber, 2016/03/30
[PATCH 2/3] gnu: Add libbsd., Leo Famulari, 2016/03/26
[PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add signify., Leo Famulari, 2016/03/26