> On 18 Mar 2016, at 5:23 AM, Philipp Marek <philipp.ma...@linbit.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 06:47:37PM +0100, Jan Pokorný wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> during latest reviews of packages building on core cluster >> infrastructure, it turned out there is a frequented (viral?) issue >> with source files declaring unusual licence: GPLv2.1+. >> >> Affected packages breakdown is at the bottom, including >> (possibly non-exhaustive) contributors that knowingly or unknowingly >> contributed under that file-local license. >> >> Now, it is highly questionable what was asserted by this license >> reference by particular contributors. The fact is that such a license >> does not exist. So the logical implication and view of the situation >> is that affected files are effectively licensed under GPLv3+. >> >> The other possible view is that it's actually a typo arising from >> LGPL2.1 vs. GPLv2 confusion, and then again it's unclear which one >> should apply. >> >> Therefore I would like to start moving towards resolution of this >> issue by soliciting feedback amongst affected contributors (CC'd) >> which direction is preferred: >> >> 1. settle down on GPLv2+ (or LGPL2.1+), which will likely require >> whole relicensing process, i.e., collecting sign-offs on this by all >> contributors in question >> >> 2. clarify that indeed GPLv3+ was meant and adjust the respective >> clauses in the source code >> >> 3. keep the status quo, leave it in the shadow zone allowing for >> ambiguous interpretations that may leave potential contributors >> away from the project(s) >> >> Apparently, both affected packages, booth and sbd, can choose its >> own direction independently of the other package. > I'm okay with both, with a slight preference to 2 (moving to GPLv3+).
Please no, anything but v3 > > My (brief) look at the header lines via "git blame" says > > commit 54dc3dc2be33cd977866ce63d8cc74934d21405d > Author: Jiaju Zhang <jjzh...@suse.de <mailto:jjzh...@suse.de>> > Date: Wed Aug 24 12:07:22 2011 +0800 > > Initial check-in of the Booth Cluster Ticket Manager. > > so it predates my contributions by quite some time - I'm not sure how much > I've got to say in this matter ;) > > > Regards, > > Phil > > -- > Philipp Marek > LINBIT | Keeping the Digital World Running > DRBD - Heartbeat - Corosync - Pacemaker > > DRBD® and LINBIT® are registered trademarks of LINBIT, Austria.
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