From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IxVyG-0003FD-Qu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:05:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lASN4ZCW029599; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:04:35 GMT Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lASN2akn027132 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:02:36 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96E2C8D308 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:03:03 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at ferdyx.org Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno.ferdyx.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id V1HyXyoF-oLk for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:02:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (unknown [213.121.151.206]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA7AF8D307 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:02:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:02:25 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ranged licenses Message-ID: <20071128230225.2b271b49@blueyonder.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200711282355.01184.bangert@gentoo.org> References: <20071124150027.732f8f6b@blueyonder.co.uk> <20071128200646.5573164b@gentoo.org> <20071128191148.143603fb@blueyonder.co.uk> <200711282355.01184.bangert@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/WOEQFt5RXt+6cXJl7L0SYjl"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 47ac87ba-3c20-4394-9197-31c7aa7076c4 X-Archives-Hash: f25f92bcf3f83775a6f510f9c17115a9 --Sig_/WOEQFt5RXt+6cXJl7L0SYjl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:54:57 +0100 Thilo Bangert wrote: > there is also the legal argument. it's better to state explicitly > which versions apply and not have to cleanup the mess, when somebody > decides to release GPL-2.5. That's an argument strongly in favour of ranged specs. A huge number of packages are licensed under "GPL 2 or later", and currently most ebuilds incorrectly use LICENSE=3D"GPL-2" for these. Even changing these to LICENSE=3D"|| ( GPL-2 GPL-3 )" just shifts the problem around a bit. With CRAN "GPL 2 or later" translates to "GPL (>=3D 2)", which is a much more accurate description of a package's license. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/WOEQFt5RXt+6cXJl7L0SYjl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTfOB96zL6DUtXhERAshXAKCjm/fcT4DD3SSD3HMgqvbygsGcYgCg4rpO bsEStJgf8ctcX/+r2JcPT2U= =d7sv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/WOEQFt5RXt+6cXJl7L0SYjl-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list