2012-10-30 20:37 Jilayne Lovejoy <[email protected]>:
| Oh well, yes, that information is certainly helpful, I would agree! But it
| involves exactly the kind of legal interpretation that we cannot give.
|
| Reasonable attorneys may disagree what is "compatible." (...) does not
| mean a court would agree with the FSF
|
| (...) our goal with SPDX is to present the facts, not give legal advice
Understandable.
Unfortunately this issue is very important as Linux distributions and
Software in general are compiled from sources that are released under
various licenses. The yard stick in most cases is the GPL compatibility.
As SPDX list is the "authorative" source which all refer to, it would be
helpful if there were links to other sites that have compiled compatibility
lists.
SUGGESTION
Add to the end of page
http://spdx.org/licenses/
<legal blurp; the information provided by these sites is only that, not
necessarily legally valid until proven in court, but which still may
prove useful>
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing
http://www.antepedia.com/pages/community.html
I'd like to thank Guillaume Rousseau, who sent me link to Antepedia page
that has been very informative.
Jari
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