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[bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker.
From: |
Leo Famulari |
Subject: |
[bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker. |
Date: |
Mon, 6 Mar 2023 11:45:38 -0500 |
On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 04:53:40PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> 2. It’s tempting to view devise a “licensing calculus” of sorts and
> automate assessments of licensing compatibility. However, I think
> it’s overestimating both law and our own licensing annotations: how
> law applies in a specific case isn’t entirely clear until one goes
> to court, and our ‘license’ fields fail to represent all the
> relevant nuances anyway (subcomponents having different licenses,
> dual/multiple licensing, etc.).
I emphasize this point. We should not overestimate our understanding of
free / open-source software licensing. The territory is uncharted and
largely untested in the courts.
[bug#61950] [PATCH] gnu: nettle-2: Add lgpl3+ to licenses., Antero Mejr, 2023/03/06