On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:48:08 +1000, Andrew Murray wrote: > Over at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/8880, debate > has arisen about FreeType's two licenses - does Pillow need to pick > one, or is it up to our users to decide that for themselves?
I always wondered about the case where one of those two licences is some version of the GPL. GPLv2 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html> says (section 5): You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. while GPLv3 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html> says (section 9): You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run a copy of the Program. ... However, nothing other than this License grants you permission to propagate or modify any covered work. Note that “nothing else” and “nothing other than this licence”. Surely if you have a choice of an alternative licence, then that clause doesn’t mean anything ... ?
