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[bug#48126] [PATCH] Add package for vim-solarized


From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Subject: [bug#48126] [PATCH] Add package for vim-solarized
Date: Sat, 01 May 2021 00:06:06 +0200

Hullo greensleeves,

Don't worry; the package is free.

Tissevert 写道:
From Ethan Schoonover's original repository[1] it seems to be the MIT license but

- I can't find it in guix/license.scm, is that even an admissible free license ?

Yes.  It's available as ‘expat’.  See the third paragraph of [0].

- The existing emacs-solarized-theme[2] package shipped with guix is distributed under a gpl3 license ?! (how is that possible ? can one redistribute software
  under a different license than its original one ?

Yes, you can combine (say) MIT/Expat-licenced software with (say) GPL-3 software and redistribute the combination as (say) GPL-3. You can also add your own or others' GPL-3 code to existing Expat software. The modified result is GPL-3.

In both cases, the original Expat software doesn't go away, but at least people can't use the GPL-3 portions to restrict others' freedom.

Kind regards,

T G-R

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License#Minor_ambiguity_and_variants

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