Hi, Since the bug #2862[1] (Clarify the copyright status of PKGBUILDs) that was opened one year ago we got some feedback.
Several people tended to consider that PKGBUILDs were not copyrightable or wanted to have a license with something similar. And at least one Arch contributor stated that the PKGBUILD made by that person made were released under the unlicense[1]. So I propose to add a commit with a README stating that the PKGBUILDS added after the commit adding this README are under the CC0 license. The CC0 license has been choosen as it's a license that is really close to the public domain, and that probably works in all jurisdictions. We need a license instead of just telling that the work is under the pulbic domain because some countries don't have a notion of public domain or different notions of public domain, so work added to the public domain might not work in theses countries or be nonfree in practice. Since adding a README cannot be done retrospectively, and that we already have PKGBUILDs in the abslibre repository, I am also looking for people to agree to relicense their past contribution under the CC0. So I'm seeking two things here: - A consensus on if it's OK to add this README. - The agreement from the people having contributions in abslibre to relicense their contributions in abslibre to the CC0. So far, the following people agreed to relicense their contributions to the CC0 license: - bill-auger - Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli References: ----------- [1]https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2862 Denis.
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