[task #16553] Submission of sox_ng

[Ineiev]

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Follow-up Comment #9, task #16553 (group administration):=0A=0A=0A> The pro=
blem files seem to be:=0A> =0A> >> 38 are copyright and "freely distributab=
le for any purpose"=0A> > This permission isn't sufficient for code to be f=
ree software;=0A> although =0A> > If a release has one statement that "This=
 program is released under=0Alicense=0A> > FOO," in a central place, that m=
akes the situation clear for that release.=0A> and I'm starting from the la=
st official release made by Bagwell, sifting the=0A> patches on git.sf.net =
since then the same as all the other forks and=0Adistros'=0A> patches. Also=
, I assume that "for any purpose" includes relicensing it under=0A> the GPL=
, and anyone who has "other purposes" can base their work on the last=0A> o=
fficial release's code.=0A=0AI'm not sure we may take this interpretation f=
or granted.  I would say,=0Ausually licenses give separate permissions for =
distributing and modification,=0Afor instance,=0A=0Ahttps://directory.fsf.o=
rg/wiki/License:W3C_31Dec2002=0Ahttps://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:SMLN=
J=0Ahttps://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:ISC=0A=0ANote that all those lic=
enses say 'for any purpose,' but mention modifying=0Aas well as distributin=
g.=0A=0AAnd sincerely speaking, understanding 'for any purpose' as a permis=
sion=0Ato relicense the work under an arbitrary license sounds far-fetched =
to me.=0AIn particular,=0A[//www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#gnuplot=
 Gnuplot license] also says=0A'for any purpose,' but it's GPL-incompatible,=
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