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Re: [bug-gawk] Not compatible licenses used
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arnold |
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Re: [bug-gawk] Not compatible licenses used |
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Wed, 07 Sep 2016 03:22:48 -0600 |
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Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 |
Hi.
> Also, the license-check informs me about 2 files with incorrect FSF address
> in its license header. Those files should be licensed under GPLv2+:
> * cmd.h
> * debug.c
These have been fixed, as has missing_d/setenv.c. I may update the comments
there and in random.c, since the first link no longer points to the UCB
site.
I just now noticed that command.y has the right FSF address but still
says version 2; I will fix that (I hope) within the next 24 hours.
> Could you please confirm that
> these are the licenses' texts corresponding to licenses in gawk project?
>
> BSD (3 clause):
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:BSD?rd=Licensing/BSD#3ClauseBSD
> GPLv2+: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
> LGPLv2+: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
> LGPLv3+: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
> MIT/X11: As taken (copied) from file install-sh. (Very similar, but not the
> same as:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:MIT?rd=Licensing/MIT#Modern_Style_without_sublicense_.28Unicode.29
These all look good to me.
Thanks,
Arnold