Re: License of the GPL license

2018-04-18 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Il 16/04/2018 21:46, Francesco Poli ha scritto: > I remember that this has been discussed in the past, although I cannot > find the mailing list thread(s) right now. > Anyway, I recall that the outcome of the discussion was the one > described by Simon. Ok, thanks everybody for the info.

Re: License of the GPL license

2018-04-16 Thread jonathon
On 04/16/2018 08:50 AM, Giovanni Mascellani wrote: > "Changing is not allowed" is in conflict with DFSG #3. Has this thing ever > been discussed? I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice. It is nothing more than my understanding, which might be wrong. Furthermore, the same basic legal theory

Re: License of the GPL license

2018-04-16 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:13:29 +0100 Simon McVittie wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 at 10:50:04 +0200, Giovanni Mascellani wrote: > > this question might be trivial, but I just realized that the GPL license > > is itself licensed under a license that technically does not appear

Re: License of the GPL license

2018-04-16 Thread Ulrich Mueller
>>>>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2018, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 at 10:50:04 +0200, Giovanni Mascellani wrote: >> this question might be trivial, but I just realized that the GPL >> license is itself licensed under a license that technically does >> no

Re: License of the GPL license

2018-04-16 Thread Simon McVittie
On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 at 10:50:04 +0200, Giovanni Mascellani wrote: > this question might be trivial, but I just realized that the GPL license > is itself licensed under a license that technically does not appear to > be DFSG compliant: We make an exception for the licenses of licenses

License of the GPL license

2018-04-16 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Hello, this question might be trivial, but I just realized that the GPL license is itself licensed under a license that technically does not appear to be DFSG compliant: > $ head -n 6 /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL > GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE >