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On 2018.08.26 12:15, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Sun, 2018-08-26 at 13:09 +0200, Paweł Hajdan, Jr. wrote: |
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> > On 26/08/2018 12:53, Mart Raudsepp wrote: |
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> > > The common issue here is that upstream COPYING files really do |
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> only |
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> > > talk about one of the versions. And then you get to validate or |
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> source |
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> > > files to be sure that they do have a "or later" clause in them. |
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> And |
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> > > then on each bump you ideally should validate it again, etc, that |
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> no |
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> > > sources without "or later" allowance are in there... |
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> > |
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> > Yup, precise tracking of license metadata can be a pain. |
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> > I'm not really sure if that level of it is worth for us as a distro. |
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> For |
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> > _importing_ other project's source code directly into one's project |
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> > precise license compatibility matters a lot. That's not the scenario |
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> > we're in. I see LICENSES as mostly a mechanism for end users to |
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> accept |
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> > or reject EULAs etc, and I'm curious what are other common |
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> scenarios. |
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> > Michał, could you elaborate on why not distinguishing more precisely |
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> > between these GPL variants in LICENSES is a _problem_ ? I can |
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> certainly |
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> > see the information is not always accurate, but it's not obvious to |
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> me |
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> > how severe is the downside, what are the consequences in practice. |
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> I'm not aware of any major implications. However, I think that if we |
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> provide for the distinction, the distinction should be used correctly. |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michał Górny |
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Michał, |
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How far do you want to dig? |
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Every upstream file or do you trust the upstream top level licence? |
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What about bundled libs? |
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Do you trust upstream to have that that right too? |
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It looks like a lot of work for what is at most, a convenience to users. |
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What matters most is the licensing for things we distribute as binaries. |
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That would make an interesting and more manageable test case. |
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As has already been pointed out. Fixing it is one thing, keeping it fixed |
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is another. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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