[Chicken-janitors] Re: #358: warn about possible license conflicts when installing extensions

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#358: warn about possible license conflicts when installing extensions
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  Reporter:  felix        |       Owner:                         
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                    
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:                         
 Component:  core tools   |     Version:  4.6.x                  
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  license chicken-install
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Comment(by sjamaan):

 I think having a "viral" flag is wrong and silly. It's not generic enough
 and too obviously hostile against the GPL.

 But I don't see why having a simple list of what licenses are known to
 conflict with eachother to prevent honest mistakes like the one Kon made
 is so offensive.

 Exception clauses just make things more difficult than necessary,
 effectively creating or forking off another new (and unvetted!) license
 each time it's done. I think "License X with exception Y and Z" is a hairy
 enough concept to require a forced override by the user. Something like
 that is so specific that it should probably be decided on a project-by-
 project basis anyway.

 But what do I know. I just regret we're in the middle of another stupid
 licensing discussion again :(

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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/358#comment:5>
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