Re: [exim] licensing and SPDX

2022-11-05 Thread Andreas Metzler via Exim-users
On 2022-10-31 Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote: > On 30/10/2022 15:37, Andreas Metzler via Exim-users wrote: > > a) Yes, but. It would be very nice if the whole exim distribution had > > correct per-file attribution/copyright/license. However it is going to > > be quite a bit of work and it is

Re: [exim] licensing and SPDX

2022-11-02 Thread Andrew C Aitchison via Exim-users
On Mon, 31 Oct 2022, Heiko Schlittermann via Exim-users wrote: From a legal point of view (but IANAL by any means), we probably could find an SPDX identifier matching the *current* license statement of each individual file, to match the *current* intent. This implicates that the *current*

Re: [exim] licensing and SPDX

2022-10-31 Thread Jeremy Harris via Exim-users
On 30/10/2022 15:37, Andreas Metzler via Exim-users wrote: a) Yes, but. It would be very nice if the whole exim distribution had correct per-file attribution/copyright/license. However it is going to be quite a bit of work and it is the type of work with - well - limited appeal for many. Would

Re: [exim] licensing and SPDX

2022-10-31 Thread Heiko Schlittermann via Exim-users
Jeremy Harris via Exim-users (So 30 Okt 2022 13:22:25 CET): > Does anyone have opinions on the licensing of Exim? I didn't think about Exim's licensing ever. For me Exim is just Free and Open Source, whatever this means in detail, but *personally* most important: no restrictions are applied to

Re: [exim] licensing and SPDX

2022-10-31 Thread Kirill Miazine via Exim-users
• Jeremy Harris via Exim-users [2022-10-30 12:22]: > Does anyone have opinions on the licensing of Exim? > > The project front-page ( https://exim.org/index.html ) > says "under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence", > and links to the GPL page (which primarily promotes GPLv3, > though

Re: [exim] licensing and SPDX

2022-10-30 Thread Andreas Metzler via Exim-users
On 2022-10-30 Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote: [...] > Now, along comes SPDX: a standard for labelling files with > the license that applies. Yup, we're late as usual... > a) Do we care? Should we label every text file in sight? >Or not take any action? > b) Do existing licence

Re: [exim] licensing and SPDX

2022-10-30 Thread Andreas Metzler via Exim-users
On 2022-10-30 Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote: > Does anyone have opinions on the licensing of Exim? > The project front-page ( https://exim.org/index.html ) > says "under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence", > and links to the GPL page (which primarily promotes GPLv3, > though older

[exim] licensing and SPDX

2022-10-30 Thread Jeremy Harris via Exim-users
Does anyone have opinions on the licensing of Exim? The project front-page ( https://exim.org/index.html ) says "under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence", and links to the GPL page (which primarily promotes GPLv3, though older versions are present deeper in that site). The earliest