You're welcome! ^_^
And don't forget about whether it is either
'MIT and GPLv3(+)' ---> GPL supersedes MIT
or
'MIT or GPLv3(+)' ---> both licenses are equal and independent
That's another HUGE difference in meaning of the licensing chosen by
upstream…
Am 05.04.2016 um 14:41 schrieb Petr Stodulka:
Thank You for clarification. I will ask of upstream how it is with GPLv3 &
GPLv3+.
Cheers,
Petr
On 5.4.2016 13:52, Björn Esser wrote:
Hi!
When looking at the github-repo, I found a file "LICENSE" [1], which states python-cheat
is dual-licensed… Since the term "dual-licensing" usually means, that you can freely
apply either combination of the named licenses, either using a chosen single license from the
offered ones, or a combination of different licenses from the offered, the 'and' in 'MIT and GPLv3'
is an enumerating 'and', not a logical one. In this this case it means: MIT or GPLv3+ or (MIT and
GPLv3+).
setup.py [2] states 'GPLv3', only…
This is definitely a case for license-clarification with upstream; at least
the LICENSE-file should precisely state, in which way the list of licenses
applies to the software; whether one of them (and thus a randomly chose-able
combination of any per file) at will of the user or *ALL* licenses together as
one monolithic license (which definitely will obsolete the MIT-licensing,
because GPLv3 is the most strict of them).
Another thing to clarify: Is it GPLv3 or GPLv3+? LICENSE-file just references
the GPLv3-full-text, which says 'or any later version of this license'…
Hope these lines help you at least a little bit…
Cheers
Björn
[1] https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat/blob/master/LICENSE
[2] https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat/blob/master/setup.py#L9
Am 05.04.2016 um 13:30 schrieb Petr Stodulka:
Hi,
I need an advice/feedback about licenses. I want to add package
**python-cheat** to F25 (and maybe to F24 too).
However, the project is now under MIT + GLPv3 licenses - not only some parts,
it is meaned by upstream
as whole project is MIT and GPLv3. From my point of view, there is not problem,
if I uses just GPLv3 license
in spec file - and append only GPLv3 license in the package. Can anyone (with
better knowledge around licensing)
give me feedback about this? From licensing guidelines [0] and MIT license, I
guess just GPLv3 is OK.
---- some additional info about package ----
Btw, you can install the package from COPR repository already:
# dnf enable pstodulk/python-cheat
# dnf install python-cheat
It requires for now python2, however it should be python3 compatible already. I
will change it in future.
Package has simiral signification as bash-completion. But can be usefull eather
for your
personal packages, scripts, ... too. One of the main use cases is learning
using of new command
line (new) tools. Do you know everybody how use e.g. docker? (ok, that's still
missing, but I expect
that we can spread list of the tools toghether in future, in similar way like
bash-completion).
And I can imagine how it makes things easier for new users who begin with Linux.
However, I found used location for cheatsheet files unfriendly. I have proposed
changes
to upstream and make it all closer to bash-completion ideas. I hope that it
could be resolved
relatively soon so probably I will start process for new package in Fedora
after changes.
And missing man pages could be added. Probably README.md should be OK, just
rewritten to man
format.
I will be glad for feedback, some another ideas, whatever around :-)
Have a nice day,
Petr
[0]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Multiple_Licensing_Scenarios
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