Re: DISTRHO-Ports license situation

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 21:12:35 +0200
Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@freenet.de> wrote:

> I created a package for https://github.com/DISTRHO/DISTRHO-Ports.
> I now wonder if I should submit a patch, because the licensing
> situation is a mess, with several of the plugins having no information
> attached at all, though most have at least a pointer to a repo that
> claims a license (gpl2, gpl3, gpl3+, agpl3, MIT).
> 
> The original versions of all plugins have been created with JUCE,
> which I though would require GPLing when using the free/personal
> license, but at least currently does so only when exceeding $50k
> revenue (https://juce.com/juce-6-licence).
> 
> So parts of this is Free Software, other parts are ... just
> technically open-source. Would you accept this in Guix?


I went ahead and submitted http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=49224