Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Ian Jackson writes: > There are existing packages for which I consider the PFM to include > the git history. I'm not pressing this point from a legal point of > view because, well, that just generates lots of heat and no light. > I think that we should address this potential problem by

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Simon McVittie writes ("Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL"): > Are you asking this hypothetically, or is there a piece of software that > someone intends to apply this to? There are existing packages for which I consider the PFM to include the git history. I'm not pressing this po

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-25 Thread Eloi
El 24/7/19 a les 22:28, Florian Weimer ha escrit: > * Adam Borowski: > >> In the light of the currently discussed GR proposal, I wonder if the >> following license clause would be considered DFSG-free and GPL-compatible: >> >> ## >> I do not consider a flat tarball to be a

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-24 Thread Yao Wei
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:28:19PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > On the other hand, not allowing source distribution as a “flat > tarball” sounds like an additional restriction, which would be > incompatible with the GPL. (Just like parts of glibc used to require > distribution on tapes, only

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-24 Thread Florian Weimer
* Adam Borowski: > In the light of the currently discussed GR proposal, I wonder if the > following license clause would be considered DFSG-free and GPL-compatible: > > ## > I do not consider a flat tarball to be a preferred form for modification. > Thus, like any non-source

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-24 Thread Jeff Licquia
On 7/23/19 6:49 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > In the light of the currently discussed GR proposal, I wonder if the > following license clause would be considered DFSG-free and GPL-compatible: > > ## > I do not consider a flat tarball to be a preferred form for modification. > Thus,

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-24 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 02:34:13 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > > ## > > > I do not consider a flat tarball to be a preferred form for modification. > > > Thus, like any non-source form, it must be accompanied by a way to obtain > > > the actual form for modification. There are

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-24 Thread Landry, Walter
Adam Borowski writes: > Hi! > In the light of the currently discussed GR proposal, I wonder if the > following license clause would be considered DFSG-free and GPL-compatible: > > ## > I do not consider a flat tarball to be a preferred form for modification. > Thus, like any

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-23 Thread Yao Wei
Hi, On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 12:49:24AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > ## > I do not consider a flat tarball to be a preferred form for modification. > Thus, like any non-source form, it must be accompanied by a way to obtain > the actual form for modification. There are many such

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-23 Thread Adam Borowski
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:14:38AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Wed, 2019-07-24 at 00:49:24 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > ## > > I do not consider a flat tarball to be a preferred form for modification. > > Thus, like any non-source form, it must be accompanied by a way to

Re: anti-tarball clause and GPL

2019-07-23 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2019/07/23 19:49, Adam Borowski wrote: > ## > I do not consider a flat tarball to be a preferred form for modification. > Thus, like any non-source form, it must be accompanied by a way to obtain > the actual form for modification. There are many such ways -- unless you >