moin,
debian bug #1012636 has brought to my attention that the SASL support
introduced in isync v1.2 (commit eb100515) makes isync binaries built
with it not legally distributable (unless SASL is a system library).
to address this issue, i intend to generalize the GPL exception as per
the attached patch.
i just updated the AUTHORS file to accurately reflect the copyright
holders and other contributors, as can be determined from the CVS/git
history. every contributor is invited to verify their classification.
ideally, every copyright holder will reply to this message on-list to
express their agreement to the license change. in a while, i'll send out
individual mails for missing confirmations.
because
- isync already contains an exception for OpenSSL,
- every contributor implicitly agreed to that exception, and
- that exception exists specifically because of the advertising clause
in OpenSSL < v3's license,
i'm assuming that everyone will be fine with the proposed change.
i'll rely on that assumption in case some copyright holder(s) cannot be
reached.
thanks
>From 4febfd464069a61353e8d7835fd53888178ccfb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oswald Buddenhagen <o...@users.sf.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:59:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] generalize GPL exception
---
LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt b/LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt
index 894d89ce..c75d6d30 100644
--- a/LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt
+++ b/LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Usage-Guide:
SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX-License> WITH LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception
License-Text:
-As a special exception, mbsync may be linked with the OpenSSL library,
-despite that library's more restrictive license.
+As a special exception, mbsync may be linked with libraries whose license
+contains advertising clauses.
--
2.36.1.39.gcdb7e2d5b0.dirty
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