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On Sat, 2019-09-21 at 15:56 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 9/21/19 12:09 PM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > TL;DR: I'd like to replace 'GPL-2' with 'GPL-2-only' etc., having |
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> > the former trigger QA warning asking the dev to double-check if it's |
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> > 'GPL-2-only' or 'GPL-2+'. |
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> This works only until people start putting |
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> LICENSE="GPL-2-only" |
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> for things that they haven't sufficiently verified. |
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> If we want to let those people keep committing to the tree, then a |
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> specially-formatted comment might work just as well. It would be harder |
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> to QA (you'd have to parse the comment and associate it with the |
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> variable), but it would save us from having to rename the license every |
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> few years to catch mistakes. |
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Honestly, do you believe having the choice of 'GPL-2' and 'GPL-2-only' |
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people would choose the latter without actually checking the difference? |
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Because the way I see it, choosing the former is much more likely. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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