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commit: 0ee58f68a2e0cf4a12f00bbb1124ed52e3850cd8 |
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Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Sun Jun 10 12:03:55 2018 +0000 |
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Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Sun Jun 10 18:42:07 2018 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=0ee58f68 |
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glep-0076: Rationale for licensing of projects. |
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Most of this results from a discussion on 2018-01-24 in #gentoo-council |
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amongst K_F, mgorny, prometheanfire, rich0, and ulm. |
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See also this wiki talk page: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User_talk:Aliceinwire/CopyrightPolicy#Licensing_of_Gentoo_projects |
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glep-0076.rst | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- |
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1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) |
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diff --git a/glep-0076.rst b/glep-0076.rst |
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index 1eccecf..dc83501 100644 |
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--- a/glep-0076.rst |
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+++ b/glep-0076.rst |
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Type: Informational |
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Status: Draft |
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Version: 1 |
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Created: 2013-04-23 |
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-Last-Modified: 2018-06-07 |
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+Last-Modified: 2018-06-10 |
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Post-History: |
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Content-Type: text/x-rst |
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--- |
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@@ -220,6 +220,31 @@ source projects. Contributors would be able to freely choose whether |
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they sign the FLA document or not. |
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+Licensing of Projects |
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+--------------------- |
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+ |
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+The Social Contract mentions GPL-2 and CC-BY-SA-2.0, both with the |
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+option to use them in a later version ("at our discretion"). In order |
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+to facilitate interchange of software between different projects, we |
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+aim for uniformity of their licensing. Therefore, items a) and b) |
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+explicitly recommend the use of GPL-2+ and CC-BY-SA-3.0. The latter |
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+is restricted to be used for documentation, because Creative Commons |
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+themselves recommend against using their licenses for software |
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+[#CC-SOFTWARE]_. |
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+ |
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+Other GPL-compatible free software licenses that are not explicitly |
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+listed are allowed by item c). This covers cases where compatibility |
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+to licenses used by upstream projects is necessary. (For example, |
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+the Gentoo BSD project may want to use the 2-clause or 3-clause BSD |
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+license). |
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+ |
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+By default, GPL-incompatible licenses (e.g., the CDDL) are not |
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+allowed, because their use would hinder interchange of code between |
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+Gentoo projects. However, the Foundation can grant exceptions to |
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+this, as long as the license in question is a free software or open |
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+source license. |
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+ |
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+ |
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DCO Changes |
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@@ -285,6 +310,9 @@ References |
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.. [#FLA] FSFE Legal: Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA), |
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https://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/fla.en.html |
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+.. [#CC-SOFTWARE] Can I apply a Creative Commons license to software? |
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+ https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-commons-license-to-software |
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+ |
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.. [#DEBIAN-LICENSE] [debian-legal] License of the GPL license, |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2018/04/msg00006.html |
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