On 17/03/16 22:05, Andrew Beekhof wrote:
On 18 Mar 2016, at 5:23 AM, Philipp Marek <philipp.ma...@linbit.com
<mailto:philipp.ma...@linbit.com>> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 06:47:37PM +0100, Jan Pokorný wrote:
Hello all,
during latest reviews of packages building on core cluster
infrastructure, it turned out there is a frequented (viral?) issue
with source files declaring unusual licence: GPLv2.1+.
Affected packages breakdown is at the bottom, including
(possibly non-exhaustive) contributors that knowingly or unknowingly
contributed under that file-local license.
Now, it is highly questionable what was asserted by this license
reference by particular contributors. The fact is that such a license
does not exist. So the logical implication and view of the situation
is that affected files are effectively licensed under GPLv3+.
The other possible view is that it's actually a typo arising from
LGPL2.1 vs. GPLv2 confusion, and then again it's unclear which one
should apply.
Therefore I would like to start moving towards resolution of this
issue by soliciting feedback amongst affected contributors (CC'd)
which direction is preferred:
1. settle down on GPLv2+ (or LGPL2.1+), which will likely require
whole relicensing process, i.e., collecting sign-offs on this by all
contributors in question
2. clarify that indeed GPLv3+ was meant and adjust the respective
clauses in the source code
3. keep the status quo, leave it in the shadow zone allowing for
ambiguous interpretations that may leave potential contributors
away from the project(s)
Apparently, both affected packages, booth and sbd, can choose its
own direction independently of the other package.
I'm okay with both, with a slight preference to 2 (moving to GPLv3+).
Please no, anything but v3
IMO the GPLv2.1+ suggests that parts of the code could be e.g. GPLv3
depending on what the author of specific parts of the code decides, so I
think the question is should it be GPLv2 or LGPL2.1.
My (brief) look at the header lines via "git blame" says
commit 54dc3dc2be33cd977866ce63d8cc74934d21405d
Author: Jiaju Zhang <jjzh...@suse.de <mailto:jjzh...@suse.de>>
Date: Wed Aug 24 12:07:22 2011 +0800
Initial check-in of the Booth Cluster Ticket Manager.
so it predates my contributions by quite some time - I'm not sure how
much
I've got to say in this matter ;)
Regards,
Phil
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