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[2020-01-27 12:41:26+0100] Ulrich Mueller: |
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> So, the question is, should we allow ebuilds |
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> # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2 or later |
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> in the repository, or should we even encourage it for new ebuilds? |
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> I have somewhat mixed feelings about this. One the one hand, I think |
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> that GPL-2+ should generally be preferred because it offers better |
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> compatibility. For example, the compatibility clause in CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
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> won't work with GPL-2. |
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Is there another reason for GPL-2+ than just compatibility? |
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Because I quite find the "or later" thing to be quite a scary one as |
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whatever will come up next as a GPL will become applicable and it feels |
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quite weird to me to have a license that can evolve to whatever |
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license over time. |
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I think I would personally slightly prefer to have it be properly |
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dual-licensed GPL-{2,3} or GPL-2 & CC-BY-SA-4.0 instead. |
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