On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 04:58:07PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 08:15:04PM +0100, John Darrington wrote:
> * gnu/packages/games.scm (gnushogi, xshogi): New variables.
> +(define-public xshogi
[...]
> + ;; Contains a copy of GPLv3 but the licence notices simply
> + ;; state "GNU General Public Licence" without specifying a version.
> + (license license:gpl1+)))
Section 14 of the GPL says "If the Program does not specify a
version number of the GNU General Public License, you may choose any
version ever published by the Free Software Foundation."
You are correct. That is why I put gpl1+
Do we want to use version 1 of the GPL? I don't fully understand the
issues with it, but it's an unusual choice.I don't have a strong opinion here. But there is a precedent in Guix, that where upstream permits a package to be distributed under a choice of licences, we simply present that choice to our users. We don't - at least I haven't seen any instances of it - choose a particular one that suits us, unless there is a good reason for doing that. J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.
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