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+).
My (brief) look at the header lines via "git blame" says
commit 54dc3dc2be33cd977866ce63d8cc74934d21405d
Author: Jiaju Zhang <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
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