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Licensing confusion

Open TheCount opened this issue 6 years ago • 2 comments

There is some confusion about which license(s) apply to YAEP.

  • The README states YAEP is licensed under LGPL version 2
  • The copyright file states YAEP is dual licensed under GPL and LGPL, and then references /usr/share/common-licenses/(GPL|LGPL), which, in my case, are symlinks to the newest versions (3.0) of the respective licenses.
  • The headers of some of the source files (e. g., yaep.c, second comment block) specifically forbid the use of the LGPL.

@vnmakarov could you please clarify:

  • Which license do you want to apply to YAEP?
    • [ ] GPL?
    • [ ] LGPL?
    • [ ] GPL/LGPL dual license?
    • [ ] Something else?
  • Which version(s) of the license(s) do you want to apply?
    • [ ] GPL version 2?
    • [ ] GPL version 3?
    • [ ] LGPL version 2.0 ("library" license)?
    • [ ] LGPL version 2.1 ("lesser" license)?
    • [ ] LGPL version 3.0?
    • [ ] Something else?
  • What about future versions of licenses?
    • [x] Do you want to allow later versions (the "version X, or (at your option) any later version" clause)?
    • [ ] Do you want to allow only the specified versions?
    • [ ] Something else?

I can make a pull request fixing those headers/copyright files for you once you indicate what you want.

TheCount avatar Oct 07 '18 10:10 TheCount

Sorry for delay with the answer. I was too busy and also needed to think about this for some time.

After some thoughts I decided to move more restrictive license. I think MIT license would be the best for YAEP.

vnmakarov avatar Oct 11 '18 21:10 vnmakarov

OK. I'm still working on revamping the build/test system. After that, I can make a pull request fixing all the license headers.

TheCount avatar Oct 12 '18 15:10 TheCount