Hi,
I would like to release my code under the following terms. Could you please tell, whether the statement is clear?
========== Anyone can use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee under the same terms as the rpmlint project [0], provided that rpmlint license stays both GPL compatible [1] and OSI approved [2].
[0] https://sourceforge.net/projects/rpmlint/ [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses [2] http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical ==========
Thanks
On 07/24/2013 11:02 AM, Miro Hrončok wrote:
Hi,
I would like to release my code under the following terms. Could you please tell, whether the statement is clear?
========== Anyone can use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee under the same terms as the rpmlint project [0], provided that rpmlint license stays both GPL compatible [1] and OSI approved [2].
[0] https://sourceforge.net/projects/rpmlint/ [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses [2] http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical ==========
The part about "provided that rpmlint license stays..." is not clear at all. Are you trying to permit people to sublicense? If so, why not simply use MIT? It seems like you're trying to grant restricted sublicensing... and I'm not sure if that is Free.
~tom
== Fedora Project
What I'm trying to say is, that this piece of code is licensed as rpmlint. Currently, that means GNU GPL.
If in any future, rpmlint license is changed to XYZ, this code is also affected by that change.
Except if XYZ is not GNU compatible OSI approved license.
Čt 25. červenec 2013, 02:19:19 CEST, Tom Callaway napsal:
On 07/24/2013 11:02 AM, Miro Hrončok wrote:
Hi,
I would like to release my code under the following terms. Could you please tell, whether the statement is clear?
========== Anyone can use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee under the same terms as the rpmlint project [0], provided that rpmlint license stays both GPL compatible [1] and OSI approved [2].
[0] https://sourceforge.net/projects/rpmlint/ [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses [2] http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical ==========
The part about "provided that rpmlint license stays..." is not clear at all. Are you trying to permit people to sublicense? If so, why not simply use MIT? It seems like you're trying to grant restricted sublicensing... and I'm not sure if that is Free.
~tom
== Fedora Project
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On 07/24/2013 08:02 PM, Miro Hrončok wrote:
I would like to release my code under the following terms. Could you please tell, whether the statement is clear?
Please do not create another license. Just say "GPL" and if rpmlint relicense, you will relicense too.
On 07/25/2013 05:04 AM, Miroslav Suchý wrote:
On 07/24/2013 08:02 PM, Miro Hrončok wrote:
I would like to release my code under the following terms. Could you please tell, whether the statement is clear?
Please do not create another license. Just say "GPL" and if rpmlint relicense, you will relicense too.
Yeah, I'm strongly inclined to agree with this. I'm not sure if you can future proof your current license to mandate compatibility with some hypothetical future license.
~tom
== Fedora Project
Ok, thanks.
Čt 25. červenec 2013, 19:13:55 CEST, Tom Callaway napsal:
On 07/25/2013 05:04 AM, Miroslav Suchý wrote:
On 07/24/2013 08:02 PM, Miro Hrončok wrote:
I would like to release my code under the following terms. Could you please tell, whether the statement is clear?
Please do not create another license. Just say "GPL" and if rpmlint relicense, you will relicense too.
Yeah, I'm strongly inclined to agree with this. I'm not sure if you can future proof your current license to mandate compatibility with some hypothetical future license.
~tom
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