[Savannah-register-public] Re: Fwd: [task #7377] Submission of Breadcrumbs

[Sylvain Beucler]

Good, please send :)

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Sylvain

On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 09:16:13PM +0200, Alexander Shulgin wrote:
> On 10/28/07, Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > We can suggest using another library, or ask the Perl module author to
> > relicense under "the same license as Perl" (which includes the GPL).
> >
> > I don't think it's good to use a less restrictive license, there will
> > be the same problem as soon as you use third-party GPL'd code.
> 
> OK, here is refined reply:
> -------------------------------
> 
> I'm evaluating your project for inclusion into Savannah.  While doing
> so I've discovered a few problems:
> 
> The HEAD revision of git repository you have provided contains GPLv3,
> while you specified GPLv2+ in the project submission.  Also, most of
> the source files refer to GPLv2 or later.
> 
> Some of the test files src/t/Test*.pm are missing copyright and
> license notices, please add them as appropriate.
> 
> Are you planning to include documentation into Savannah repository?
> If so, please decide on the licensing: we generally accept GFDL and
> compatible licensing schemes.  Refer to the following for details:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/LicensingRequirements
> 
> The Number::Format module is under Artistic license--not compatible
> with GNU GPL: http://search.cpan.org/src/WRW/Number-Format-1.52/README
> You should replace the dependency on that module with some other which
> uses a compatible license, or maybe try to convince the module author
> to relicense it using Perl licensing scheme (Artistic + GPL).
> 
> The same goes for Mail::GnuPG, since it's GPLv2 only:
> http://search.cpan.org/~jesse/Mail-GnuPG-0.10/GnuPG.pm#LICENSE
> You won't be able to license your project under GPLv3 as long as it
> uses GPLv2 only modules.  For more details see this:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#v2v3Compatibility
> 
> Could you please also clarify on what other 'very standard' packages
> you project might depend on?  Just to make sure there are no other
> licensing problems.
> 
> You are using repo.or.cz to host the code, please confirm you intend
> to move your primary development to Savannah, since we do not allow
> Savannah projects to be just project mirrors.
> 
> 
> --
> Alex