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[bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker.
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Antero Mejr |
Subject: |
[bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker. |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:56:20 +0000 |
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
> I think that goes against the spirit of the GNU project: it's a tool
> that helps finding licensing concerns for proprietary software, with the
> end goal of weeding out GPL components.
I see this completely differently: this is a harm-reduction tool for
those who would violate GPL, possibly unknowingly. By adding compliance
auditing abilities to Guix, developers can avoid that.
> I think I'd rather not see this tool in Guix, but I think it could live
> happily as a channel or as an extension.
Yes I am making this patch (and a couple other compliance features) into
Guix extensions out-of-tree. I would like to upstream the extensions as
a package when they are ready, since the extensions would be FOSS. So I
think this issue can be closed.
> We may be better off if no such
> tool exists and more companies embrace the idea that is GPL instead of
> helping them spot GPL dependencies so they can rewrite them under some
> non-copyleft license.
Making companies rewrite GPL software is a good thing. It forces them to
pay programmers, then those programmers can contribute to Guix in the
evenings :-). Not many people can work on open source full-time,
unfortunately. That said I understand the concerns with merging this
patch, thank you both for taking the time to look at it.
- [bug#61950] [PATCH 2/3] gnu: libcap: Add bsd-3 license., (continued)
[bug#61950] [PATCH] gnu: nettle-2: Add lgpl3+ to licenses., Antero Mejr, 2023/03/06