From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rob Taylor Subject: Re: License Questions Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:07:04 +0100 Message-ID: <46E13EE8.5050508@codethink.co.uk> References: <1189144403.7105.13.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from 208-78-103-131.slicehost.net ([208.78.103.131]:44003 "EHLO mail.codethink.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965158AbXIGMDO (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:03:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1189144403.7105.13.camel@localhost> Sender: linux-sparse-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Mathias Hasselmann wrote: > Hello, > > Sparse uses The Open Software License v. 1.1 which contains this clause: > > 9) Acceptance and Termination. If You distribute copies of the > Original Work or a Derivative Work, You must make a reasonable > effort under the circumstances to obtain the express and > volitional assent of recipients to the terms of this License. > > What does this mean for hosting a public git repository[1] to organize > sparse patches? Do I have to put some "Accept License" page in front > of it? How do I force git to show that "Accept License" page when > downloading from that repository? > > What does this clause mean for sending patches to the mailing list. > Shouldn't the patches be attached as password protected source archive > and the message contain something like "By extracting that archive you > declare to obey the terms of The Open Software License"? > > 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. That could be a problem for us GLib guys, as that would force gnome into contrib! Rob > Thank you, > Mathias > > [1] http://taschenorakel.de/git/sparse -- Rob Taylor, Codethink Ltd. - http://codethink.co.uk