From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Mathias Hasselmann" Subject: Re: License Questions Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:54:29 +0200 Message-ID: <20070907205429.236670@gmx.net> References: <1189144403.7105.13.camel@localhost> <46E13EE8.5050508@codethink.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:42475 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752827AbXIGUya (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:54:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46E13EE8.5050508@codethink.co.uk> Sender: linux-sparse-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org To: Rob Taylor Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org > > Maybe that password thing is a solution for making git repositories > > OSL compliant? > > Oh dear, I just found out that Debian considers OSL 1.1 non-free, though > not for this clause (which does seem particularly onerous), but for > clause 10. Yup, out of all GPL incompatible licenses choosing OSL 1.1 probably was the worst one Linus could choose. Maybe this stupid licensing choice explains why this pretty code which sparse is doesn't get the attention it deserves... :-( > That could be a problem for us GLib guys, as that would force gnome into > contrib! Library use and such should be pretty ok for us - according to Linus' annotations in the LICENSE file... Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Hasselmann http://taschenorakel.de/mathias/ GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail