Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2024-01-04 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Dec 23, 2023, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote: > the fact remains that > you want to contribute some work to a project under a different > license. > Publishing some source code under the GPL v3 > (or later) does not preclude you as the sole author from also > publishing it under the CC-0. ...

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2024-01-03 Thread Liliana Marie Prikler
Am Mittwoch, dem 03.01.2024 um 22:22 +0100 schrieb Wojtek Kosior: > > > I don't know whether you are a consequentialist but I surely am > > > not.  > > > I am trying to apply the principle of double effect in my > > > reasoning.  If I am to be criticized for making morally wrong > > > choices, let

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2024-01-03 Thread Philip McGrath
On Wed, Jan 3, 2024, at 3:32 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On 2024-01-03, Wojtek Kosior via wrote: >> Before getting back to the discussion, please let me ask 1 question. >> Assume I submit a patch series that adds some useful and needed code and >> includes a copyright notice with a promise,

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2024-01-03 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
> > I don't know whether you are a consequentialist but I surely am not.  > > I am trying to apply the principle of double effect in my reasoning.  > > If I am to be criticized for making morally wrong choices, let the > > criticism at least concern incorrect application of that principle. >

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2024-01-03 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hello Alexandre and thank your for your response! > When facing a situation of abuse, of violence, it may be morally > defensible for someone to turn a blind eye and allow it to proceed. > It's questionable, but unlike the abuse itself, it's not uniformly > reproachable. > > But it's also

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2024-01-03 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2024-01-03, Wojtek Kosior via wrote: > Before getting back to the discussion, please let me ask 1 question. > Assume I submit a patch series that adds some useful and needed code and > includes a copyright notice with a promise, like this > > ;;; Copyright © 2023 Wojtek Kosior > ;;; Wojtek

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2024-01-03 Thread Liliana Marie Prikler
Am Mittwoch, dem 03.01.2024 um 18:46 +0100 schrieb Wojtek Kosior: > Before getting back to the discussion, please let me ask 1 question. > Assume I submit a patch series that adds some useful and needed code > and includes a copyright notice with a promise, like this > > ;;; Copyright © 2023

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2024-01-03 Thread Alexandre Oliva
Hello, Kosior, Happy GNU year to all https://www.fsfla.org/blogs/lxo/2023-12-31-happy-gnu-year On Dec 27, 2023, Wojtek Kosior via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." wrote: > These legal means can be considered brutal. Even if I did something > bad to someone (which

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2024-01-03 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Before getting back to the discussion, please let me ask 1 question. Assume I submit a patch series that adds some useful and needed code and includes a copyright notice with a promise, like this ;;; Copyright © 2023 Wojtek Kosior ;;; Wojtek Kosior promises not to sue for violations of this

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-27 Thread Liliana Marie Prikler
Hi, Am Mittwoch, dem 27.12.2023 um 10:22 +0100 schrieb Wojtek Kosior: > Hi > > > > Now, should such marginalization be repeated even within the > > > freesw circles?  If it is harmful to block ppl from participating > > > in the society using libre software (as universities, tax > > > offices,

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-27 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi there > It's worth noting that CC0 is not a license but a public domain > dedication. One cannot dual-license it with GPL because copyright > no longer applies to the work: https://creativecommons.org/faq Actually, in some countries' laws there is no notion of public domain and it is not

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-27 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi > > Now, should such marginalization be repeated even within the freesw > > circles?  If it is harmful to block ppl from participating in the > > society using libre software (as universities, tax offices, etc. are > > doing) — and one disapproves it — then one will make efforts to avoid > >

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-23 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
On 2023-12-24 at 03:41+01:00, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote: > Publishing some source code under the GPL v3 (or later) > does not preclude [someone] as the sole author > from also publishing it under the CC-0. It does > defeat the purpose of the GPL if you, however, > because whoever wants to make

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-23 Thread Liliana Marie Prikler
Am Samstag, dem 23.12.2023 um 19:19 +0100 schrieb Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.: > > I would offer a chronological list of my downloadable contributions > > to Guix and place the following wording on top of the page: > > > > "I disagree with the

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-23 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
> I would offer a chronological list of my downloadable contributions to > Guix and place the following wording on top of the page: > > "I disagree with the licensing model embraced by GNU Guix and hereby > release my contributions there under the CC-0 license. For convenience, > you can also use

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-22 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi Wojtek, On Fri, Dec 22 2023, Wojtek Kosior wrote: > I'm not sure how an "appropriate note" would look like. Where do you > imagine it? I would offer a chronological list of my downloadable contributions to Guix and place the following wording on top of the page: "I disagree with the

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-22 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Thanks for the response > Could you publish your diffs elsewhere with an appropriate note that > they are also available under CC-0 from there? Well, that's more or less what I am already doing with a public git repo for my fork — except I'm not sure how an "appropriate note" would look like.

Re: Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-22 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi Wojtek, On Fri, Dec 22 2023, Wojtek Kosior via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." wrote: > I'd like the lines of code I authored to be dual-licensed under > GPL-3.0-or-later and CC0-1.0. This is purely for personal reasons (as > having a mere few dozens of lines in a

Mixing GPL and non-copyleft code in source files

2023-12-22 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi I have some changes in my personal Guix fork that I'd like to contribute. I'd like the lines of code I authored to be dual-licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later and CC0-1.0. This is purely for personal reasons (as having a mere few dozens of lines in a project under CC0 causes no practical change