On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Christoph Egger <christoph.eg...@gmx.de> wrote: > anatoly techtonik schrieb: >> >> Questions like "Debian Python Policy is all about GPL. Do I have to >> release my Python package under GPL?". Most people (as you clearly >> expressed) don't care, so upstream maintainers would just avoid Debian >> packaging and let it do by someone else. > > CC-By-Sa as you have suggested is a copyleft license as well so why > would one not ask "Do I need to publish my python stuff now under > CC-By-Sa" if one isn't sure about GPL?
Because CC-By-Sa doesn't mention word "software" and doesn't try to argue with common sense trying to tell that "software documentation is software itself". I chose CC-By-Sa as a closest alternative to GPL, but Debian Policies may permit non-copyleft licenses as well. > And having read both licenses I > fail to see where the CC license is easier to read (in the relevant > legalcode) as the GPL CC has authoritative human-readable summary that is just 1k long and easy to spot. It is just what 95% of people need to answer their questions. GPL doesn't have such summary, so you either need to study 17k lawyers spell by yourself or seek the truth from biased comments on the web. -- anatoly t. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
