Hi Marinus, On Sun, 2019-09-15 at 17:51 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Everyone. > > My name is Fanis and I am a new Guix user coming from Gentoo. I am > very interested in the license around the packages I use and I can > help but notice some inconsistencies. > For example: > kdenlive is GPL-2 in the gentoo repositories. > https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/kde-apps/kdenlive <https://packa > ges.gentoo.org/packages/kde-apps/kdenlive> > It also has a link to GPL-2 on their site: > https://kdenlive.org/en/about/ <https://kdenlive.org/en/about/> > But on Guix is GPL-2+. > > Is there a source I am not considering? The source is saying GPL-2 in > the copying file too.
Just browsing the kdenlive cgit... https://cgit.kde.org/kdenlive.git/tree/src/core.cpp kdenlive has some GPL-3+ code in its repository. https://cgit.kde.org/kdenlive.git/tree/src/capture/mltdevicecapture.cpp kdenlive has some GPL-2+ code in its repository. The license in the package definition should be a list including GPL-2+ and GPL-3+, and the kdenlive maintainers should update the README file. I usually search source for "(at your option)" (outside /COPYING because the string is in the GNU licenses) to determine the license specifics. > > Regards, > Fanis -- -Jesse
