On Dom, 2016-04-17 at 08:08 -0400, Richard Fontana wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 07:56:37PM +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote: > > > > Hi, > > pngquant was relicense under GPLv3 [1] but after a short time > > author > > added an exception and make pngquant as dual-licensed the latest > > README.md says: > > > > License > > > > pngquant is dual-licensed: > > > > GPL v3 or later, and additional copyright notice must be kept > > for older parts of the code. See COPYRIGHT for details. > > > > For commercial/closed-source/AppStore distribution please ask k > > ornel@xxxxxxxxxxxx for a license. > > > > > > This is acceptable for include in Fedora ? > The 'please ask' sentence could be read as implying that the authors > regard commercial and 'AppStore' distribution as not being allowed by > the nominal GPLv3 license. In the past I believe we've treated that > sort of thing as reason enough not to allow inclusion in Fedora. You > could try getting the upstream project to revise the sentence. The author reply: "Sure, I can clarify. It wasn't my intention to add exceptions to GPL. As far as I understand App Store EULA is incompatible with GPL, so I wanted to highlight that. How about: For Free/Libre Open Source Software it's available under [GPL v3 or later] For use in non-GPL software (e.g. closed-source software or App Store distribution) please ask for a commercial license. " Looks good ? You may write directly to author here: https://github.com/pornel/pngquant/commit/93aa1116943aba0734f981fe54cf8 d6650f28981#commitcomment-17135436 Thanks, -- Sérgio M. B. _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
