Follow-up Comment #19, task #16584 (group administration):
> I think the LGPL license doesn't explicitly explain the requirements for
> redistributing the unmodified package.
Quite right. LGPLv3 is written as a set of additional permissions
applied to GPLv3.
> There for I copied the requirements of GPL to convey the requirements for
> redistributing the unmodified package.
Thank you!
On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 04:14:53AM -0400, John Cage wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #17
>
> > Is your tarball source code or object code, and why? What other forms
> of software exist?
>
> My tarball is source code, for the reason that others may revise my code and
> convey modified versions of StoneValley project. In GPL, the “source
code”
> for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to
> it. “Object code” means any non-source form of a work.
Correct. You may have also noticed that the 'Corresponding Source'
for a work in the form of source code is the work itself.
> > And what are the LGPL requirements for redistributing the unmodified
> package?
>
> I may convey an unmodified package under section 4 of GPL license. That is,
I
> may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as I receive it, in
> any medium, provided that I conspicuously and appropriately publish on each
> copy an appropriate copyright notice; keep intact all notices stating that
> this License and any non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 of
> GPL license apply to the code; keep intact all notices of the absence of any
> warranty; and give all recipients a copy of this License along with the
> Program.
To make it finally clear, please specify which license is implied
in each case when you wrote 'this License' in the passage above.
(I assume that by 'I' you mean the redistributors, generally, and
actully they are _not_ you, see below.)
> > What is that Application in the case of redistributing the unmodified
> package?
...
> Modified version and unmodified version. If I wish to convey an unmodified
> version, I don't need to care about the facility of modified StoneValley
> project.
I see, thank you.
> > And what code besides the code of StoneValley is mixed with StoneValley?
>
> A “Combined Work” is a work produced by combining or linking an
> Application with the Library. The particular version of the Library with
which
> the Combined Work was made is also called the “Linked Version”.
>
> In this situation, the code besides the code of StoneValley is mixed with
> StoneValley.
I don't think I understand how this applies to the case
of redistributing the unmodified package.
> > You said, "I," not "someone." Do you understand the difference?
>
> I think that someone includes me(I).
There is a crucial difference you should understand. You are
the copyright holder of the work in question [*], so the law
gives you the power to release it under virtually any conditions.
In particular, if you release it under some license, you still may
additionally re-release it under any other license. Furthermore,
legally you don't have to comply with your own license when
distributing your work---your licenses bind your users and
don't bind yourself.
When you include works of other people in your package, you have
to comply with _their_ conditions, and then in order to make
your package usable by other people, you should check that
those conditions are [//www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatIsCompatible
compatible]
with your licensing terms. For the reference, the GNU Project
maintains a [//www.gnu.org/l/license-list.html list of licenses]
with notes about their compatibility with the GPL; another data
point is the [//www.gnu.org/l/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility FAQ on the
compatibility]
of various GNU licenses with each other.
[*] This is another basic thing you must understand very well.
Please list the situations you can think of when you will be
the copyright holder of some work, and when you won't.
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