MIT code embedded into GPL-3+ library

2013-06-05 Thread Ondřej Surý
Hi, I am working on packaging ccnet[1] library (requirement for seafile), and the upstream code has two licenses in the base directory - MIT and GPL-3+. When I asked for clarification they have replied the code is GPL-3+ with some parts reused from some other project which was MIT licensed. Un

Re: Advice regarding chess engine database files license

2013-06-05 Thread Varun Hiremath
Hi! MJ Ray phonecoop.coop> writes: > > Paul Wise debian.org> > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:13 PM, MJ Ray wrote: > > > The Gaviota Engine licence shouldn't apply to the database files. See > > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOutput for a similar topic. > > > > Sounds like they sho

Re: Advice regarding chess engine database files license

2013-06-05 Thread MJ Ray
Paul Wise > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:13 PM, MJ Ray wrote: > > The Gaviota Engine licence shouldn't apply to the database files. See > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOutput for a similar topic. > > Sounds like they should go to contrib though, due to the non-free build-dep? If the

Re: Advice regarding chess engine database files license

2013-06-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:13 PM, MJ Ray wrote: > The Gaviota Engine licence shouldn't apply to the database files. See > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOutput for a similar topic. Sounds like they should go to contrib though, due to the non-free build-dep? -- bye, pabs http://wiki.

Re: Advice regarding chess engine database files license

2013-06-05 Thread MJ Ray
Varun Hiremath > The chess tablebase files are generated by the Gaviota Engine whose > license is clearly not DFSG compatible. However, the author is > releasing the generated database files under the MIT license. Is the > MIT license for these database files DFSG compatible? [...] Yes, MIT/X11