Hi: python-debian is the canonical library to handle debian files. It is GPL-licensed yet also used as a library by quite a few tools [1] that are not GPL-licensed but rather ISC, MIT, Apache and similar both at debian and elsewhere.
Would the copyleft of python-debian flow to a tool or library that is calling and using python-debian as a library? If yes, could it make sense to consider some sorts of licensing update either for all these FOSS libraries or rather for python-debian proper such that the effective licensing of these tools may not be impacted? PS: I am maintaining origin and license code scanning tools written in Python [2] And I am considering to add a dependency on python-debian to export valid machine readable copyright files created from a scancode license and copyright file [3]. ScanCode is Apache-licensed. [1] Some examples: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/decopy.git/ is ISC licensed https://github.com/xolox/python-deb-pkg-tools is MIT licensed https://github.com/jwodder/aptrepo is MIT licensed https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pet/pet3.git/ seems to be ISC licensed https://github.com/sassoftware/python-debpkgr is Apache licensed [2] https://github.com/nexB/ [3] https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit -- Cordially Philippe Ombredanne -- http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-python-debian-discuss
