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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some ideas on the licensing issue
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:03:29
Message-Id: robbat2-20100109T202702-162039355Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some ideas on the licensing issue by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 08:52:10PM +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
2 > >>>>> On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Hanno Böck wrote:
3 > >> So what do you suggest? Remove "GPL-COMPATIBLE" and move everything
4 > >> into "FSF-APPROVED"?
5 >
6 > > Yeah, I think that's reasonable.
7 >
8 > I've just learned that GLEP 23 explicitly requires GPL-COMPATIBLE to
9 > be present.
10 >
11 > The GLEP would also require a NON-MUST-HAVE-READ group:
12 > "NON-MUST-HAVE-READ licenses are those that don't require manual
13 > acceptance for to be considered legally binding." Whatever that means.
14 Some licenses (eg some in @EULA) require explicit acceptance of the
15 license.
16
17 @NON-MUST-HAVE-READ was supposed to be all licenses that you agree to
18 merely by using any material under them.
19
20 --
21 Robin Hugh Johnson
22 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
23 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
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