Contrib repository licensing
I noted that the core, opt, and xorg repositories are under the GPL (v2, I believe). What about the scripts in the contrib repository -- what is their licensing? Dominic Jones
A very good question. As many contributors contribute to this repository (including myself) I'm not sure there is a license for the whole repository as such? I tend to license my own work as MIT myself but including a LICENSE per port would seem a bit counter productive IHMO. Not sure if the CRUX Developers have anything to say about this :) cheers James James Mills / prologic E: prologic@shortcircuit.net.au W: prologic.shortcircuit.net.au On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:27 PM, <jonesd@xmission.com> wrote:
I noted that the core, opt, and xorg repositories are under the GPL (v2, I believe). What about the scripts in the contrib repository -- what is their licensing?
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Hi Crux'ers As a user and promoter of crux I really hope that core/opt/contrib are all "libre software". If not, I will have to figureout wich ones are not and how to substitute ports that are not "libre/livre". Thanks Crux'ers, Silvino On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:50:30PM +1000, James Mills wrote:
A very good question.
As many contributors contribute to this repository (including myself) I'm not sure there is a license for the whole repository as such?
I tend to license my own work as MIT myself but including a LICENSE per port would seem a bit counter productive IHMO.
Not sure if the CRUX Developers have anything to say about this :)
cheers James
James Mills / prologic
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:27 PM, <jonesd@xmission.com> wrote:
I noted that the core, opt, and xorg repositories are under the GPL (v2, I believe). What about the scripts in the contrib repository -- what is their licensing?
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The core/opt scripts are libre (GPL v2, if I recall correctly). It appears that contrib may be an open question. I'm not sure whether any of the software that the scripts install (the ports themselves) are non-libre in the strictest sense. I noted one package (Mesa, perhaps, but I don't remember) that, as installed by its script in ports, might be patent encumbered in some jurisdictions. Dominic Jones Quoting Human Node <hnode@sapo.pt>:
Hi Crux'ers
As a user and promoter of crux I really hope that core/opt/contrib are all "libre software".
If not, I will have to figureout wich ones are not and how to substitute ports that are not "libre/livre".
Thanks Crux'ers, Silvino
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:50:30PM +1000, James Mills wrote:
A very good question.
As many contributors contribute to this repository (including myself) I'm not sure there is a license for the whole repository as such?
I tend to license my own work as MIT myself but including a LICENSE per port would seem a bit counter productive IHMO.
Not sure if the CRUX Developers have anything to say about this :)
cheers James
James Mills / prologic
E: prologic@shortcircuit.net.au W: prologic.shortcircuit.net.au
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:27 PM, <jonesd@xmission.com> wrote:
I noted that the core, opt, and xorg repositories are under the GPL (v2, I believe). What about the scripts in the contrib repository -- what is their licensing?
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A very good question.
As many contributors contribute to this repository (including myself) I'm not sure there is a license for the whole repository as such?
I tend to license my own work as MIT myself but including a LICENSE per port would seem a bit counter productive IHMO.
By default, it seems that the repository would fall under one of the two possibilities below if there isn't a specific license for it. * No licenses are specified for the scripts, therefore they remain under the author's copyright with no license and thus are proprietary. * The ports system is considered one piece of software and thus the scripts fall under the viral clause of the GPL. I also think that a license per port could be counter productive. A default license for the repository would make more sense, perhaps with a LICENSE option for those who really didn't want that license. Dominic
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