On 03/09/2017 10:36 AM, dann frazier wrote: > On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 01:05:29PM +0100, Philippe Ombredanne wrote: >> 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? > > Philippe, > Thanks for bringing this up and looking into the existing use cases. > For what little of my code still exists, I'd be happy to consider dual > licensing under another DFSG-compatible license.
I concur with Dann here, for what little of my code still exists, I'd also be happy to consider dual licensing under another DFSG-compatible license. Reinhard -- http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-python-debian-discuss
