David R. Morrison wrote:
But what about the .info files? Should we declare them to be part of fink, and therefore under the GPL? Can we do this retroactively, even though we didn't make it clear to contributers in the past?
Most of a finkinfo file is just a statement of facts, and is nearly entirely determined by technical requirements. Those parts are most likely not copyrightable at all. No worries there, then.
The scripts, if of suffient length and creativity might be. (Ones that just invoke install probably aren't. Just another collection of facts.)
The descriptions also might be.
No idea how likely it is you have an implied license under the GPL. I'd guess you have some type of implied license to distribute and modify, as anyone who contributed was fairly clear that was going to happen.
IANAL.
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