Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license.

[Alex Vong]

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 09:00:38AM -0700, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
>> Leo Famulari writes:
>> 
>> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 02:02:11PM -0700, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
>> >> Efraim Flashner writes:
>> >> 
>> >> > On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 18:50:53 -0700
>> >> > Christopher Allan Webber <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Leo Famulari writes:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >>  [...]  
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Now there's a license name bound to cause some confusion!
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> It looks free... I think it would be okay to push.  But maybe if only
>> >> >> one or two packages use it it would be better to just use the
>> >> >> non-copyleft license option?
>> >> >> 
>> >> >
>> >> > I went and doublechecked the license, because I've heard in the past 
>> >> > it's not
>> >> > actually a copyleft license. According to wikipedia[0], it is not 
>> >> > copyleft,
>> >> > but is GPL compatable, and recognized by the FSF. The language of the 
>> >> > license
>> >> > does allow for not buying the author a beer.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware
>> >> 
>> >> It's not a copyleft license, right.  That's why I suggested non-copyleft
>> >> :)
>> >> 
>> >> For example, in unzip:
>> >> 
>> >> (license (license:non-copyleft "file://LICENSE"
>> >>                                "See LICENSE in the distribution."))
>> >
>> > I'll do whatever the consensus says.
>> 
>> Okay, and again, I don't have strong opinions, just a suggestion.
>> 
>> > But what about the IBM license on the base64 component of signify? What
>> > should I do about that?
>> 
>> I don't know, could you point to what the code is and the license?
>
> The issue is described in the cover letter:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-03/msg01097.html
For your reference, Debian maintainer calls this "IBM license". [0] I
would call it a non-copyleft license with patent grant.

[0]: 
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/signify-openbsd/signify-openbsd_13-1_copyright