Hi!
When looking at the github-repo, I found a file "LICENSE" [1], which
states python-cheat is dual-licensed… Since the term "dual-licensing"
usually means, that you can freely apply either combination of the named
licenses, either using a chosen single license from the offered ones, or
a combination of different licenses from the offered, the 'and' in 'MIT
and GPLv3' is an enumerating 'and', not a logical one. In this this
case it means: MIT or GPLv3+ or (MIT and GPLv3+).
setup.py [2] states 'GPLv3', only…
This is definitely a case for license-clarification with upstream; at
least the LICENSE-file should precisely state, in which way the list of
licenses applies to the software; whether one of them (and thus a
randomly chose-able combination of any per file) at will of the user or
*ALL* licenses together as one monolithic license (which definitely will
obsolete the MIT-licensing, because GPLv3 is the most strict of them).
Another thing to clarify: Is it GPLv3 or GPLv3+? LICENSE-file just
references the GPLv3-full-text, which says 'or any later version of this
license'…
Hope these lines help you at least a little bit…
Cheers
Björn
[1] https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat/blob/master/LICENSE
[2] https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat/blob/master/setup.py#L9
Am 05.04.2016 um 13:30 schrieb Petr Stodulka:
Hi,
I need an advice/feedback about licenses. I want to add package **python-cheat** to F25 (and maybe to F24 too).
However, the project is now under MIT + GLPv3 licenses - not only some parts, it is meaned by upstream
as whole project is MIT and GPLv3. From my point of view, there is not problem, if I uses just GPLv3 license
in spec file - and append only GPLv3 license in the package. Can anyone (with better knowledge around licensing)
give me feedback about this? From licensing guidelines [0] and MIT license, I guess just GPLv3 is OK.
---- some additional info about package ----
Btw, you can install the package from COPR repository already:
# dnf enable pstodulk/python-cheat
# dnf install python-cheat
It requires for now python2, however it should be python3 compatible already. I will change it in future.
Package has simiral signification as bash-completion. But can be usefull eather for your
personal packages, scripts, ... too. One of the main use cases is learning using of new command
line (new) tools. Do you know everybody how use e.g. docker? (ok, that's still missing, but I expect
that we can spread list of the tools toghether in future, in similar way like bash-completion).
And I can imagine how it makes things easier for new users who begin with Linux.
However, I found used location for cheatsheet files unfriendly. I have proposed changes
to upstream and make it all closer to bash-completion ideas. I hope that it could be resolved
relatively soon so probably I will start process for new package in Fedora after changes.
And missing man pages could be added. Probably README.md should be OK, just rewritten to man
format.
I will be glad for feedback, some another ideas, whatever around :-)
Have a nice day,
Petr
[0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Multiple_Licensing_Scenarios
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