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[bug#30693] Xonotic


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: [bug#30693] Xonotic
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:28:27 +0100
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ng0 <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès transcribed 316 bytes:
>> Hi ng0,
>> 
>> ng0 <address@hidden> skribis:
>> 
>> > This adds xonotic. I'm not sure about the "x11" license part.
>> 
>> Rather than hope that Someone™ will check the license, could you take a
>> look and let us know?  :-)
>> 
>> Definitions in (guix licenses) contain URLs to the full license texts,
>> if in doubt.
>> 
>> TIA,
>> Ludo’.
>
> I just compared "server/rcon.pl" to the text of X11 license
> and all that's missing is:
>
>
> Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall
> not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or
> other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
> from the X Consortium.
>
> X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc.

Did you compare with <http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Expat> as
well?

> So I'd say this is x11-style and not x11, is this correct?

If it’s neither X11 nor Expat, ‘x11-style’ looks like the right choice,
yes.

> According to "COPYING", I also need to add gpl3 to the gpl2.
> They state that all contributions are gpl2+, do I have to state
> gpl3 then?

Please check source file headers.  Do they say “GPL version 2 or any
later version”, do they say “GPL version 2”, etc.?

Thanks,
Ludo’.





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