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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some ideas on the licensing issue
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:12:29
Message-Id: 19272.56938.152360.774707@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some ideas on the licensing issue by "Hanno Böck"
1 >>>>> On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Hanno Böck wrote:
2
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
15 Ulrich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Some ideas on the licensing issue "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>