Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-09-01 Thread Simon McVittie
On 01/09/14 20:03, Johannes Schauer wrote: > What would I put into debian/copyright? GPL2+ (which is what upstream uses but > is unredistributable) or GPL3+? If it was me, I'd state the facts: Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Files: * Copyrigh

Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-09-01 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Simon McVittie (2014-08-31 23:27:20) > [snip] > > The license applicable to the binaries is still not GPL-3, though - it is > ((GPL-2 or GPL-3 or ...) and Apache-2.0). The practical result is the same as > ((GPL-3 or ...) and Apache-2.0), but it matters if you're going to extract > GPL

Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-09-01 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Riley Baird (2014-08-31 23:02:57) > > As it is pointed out here [5] and here [6], GPL2 is incompatible with > > Apache2 > > but GPL3 projects can contain Apache2 licensed code. Since vcmi is licensed > > GPL2+, could the Debian package upgrade the license to GPL3+ and thus turn > > i

Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-08-31 Thread Simon McVittie
On 31/08/14 17:54, Johannes Schauer wrote: > As it is pointed out here [5] and here [6], GPL2 is incompatible with Apache2 > but GPL3 projects can contain Apache2 licensed code. Since vcmi is licensed > GPL2+, could the Debian package upgrade the license to GPL3+ and thus turn it > into a GPL3 proj

Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-08-31 Thread Riley Baird
> As it is pointed out here [5] and here [6], GPL2 is incompatible with Apache2 > but GPL3 projects can contain Apache2 licensed code. Since vcmi is licensed > GPL2+, could the Debian package upgrade the license to GPL3+ and thus turn it > into a GPL3 project with Apache2 code which should be compa

apache2 and gpl2+

2014-08-31 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, I'm trying to package vcmi [1], a reimplementation of the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 engine [2]. I'm hitting a legal roadblock now because vcmi embeds an old version of fuzzylite [3] which is licensed under Apache2. Vcmi itself is licensed under GPL2+. I was made aware that the GPL2 and Apach