Hello Brendan, If I understand correctly, CC-BY 4.0 is a non-copyleft license. Since the license is compatible with CC-BY 4.0, it is also a permissive license. So I think using 'license:non-copyleft' should work.
> ng0 於 2017-04-25 17:47 寫道: >> >> CC-BY 3.0 is in Guix. Unless something fundamental changed in 4.0, 4.0 >> should be okay to add in the variants which are not CC-BY-NC. >> >> Licenses can be added in guix/licenses.scm > Well the license seems to be compatible with CC-BY 4.0 because it > explicitly states so in clause 4.2. Or is it compatible as a matter of > fact and that clause is simply pointing it out, and so it may also be > compatible with CC-BY 3.0? When we assign a license in a Guix package > definition, my understanding is that this is a statement saying > effectively "If you look in the source tar.gz, you will see that this > package is in fact licensed under ... license, perhaps in the COPYING > file". If I set the license to CC-BY 4.0, would that be claiming the > Taiwanese government has issued the font under that license. Does clause > 4.2 mean "You can redistribute this under CC-BY 4.0 with your name on > it, if you want" or "We grant you this under the CC-BY 4.0". I'm not > even sure if that is a meaningful distinction in copyright law. If the > former is actually correct, does this require me as a Guix dev to add a > COPYING file distributing the font under CC-BY 4.0 under my name or > what? Can I say truthfully that the source .zip file containing the > fonts is under the CC-BY 4.0 ?
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