On 2023-06-29 10:01, Lameter, Christopher wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jun 2023, Lukas Javorsky wrote:
>> VERBATIM_TWO_PARA
>> This license was first used in the Linux man-pages in version
>> 3.07 (year 2008) in a single page:
>>
>> move_pages.2
>> Added by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>,
>> but Copyright (C) 2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
>> Christoph Lameter
>>
>> It was later reused in another page:
The manpage was written by me and later edited by Michael as far as I remember.
>>
>> migrate_pages.2
>> Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation
>> .\" Author: Andi Kleen
>> .\" Based on the move_pages manpage which was
>> .\" This manpage is Copyright (C) 2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
>> .\" Christoph Lameter
>>
>> This license is the one considered non-free by Fedora, and which
>> we need to drop. Luckily it's only two pages, so they could be
>> reasonably rewritten in a worst case.
The licensing was GPL and not a proprietary one.
So, given this, if you give consent to change your pages to use
Linux-man-pages-copyleft, I'll do so provided for the pages that are
completely yours, and will keep in mind that when others agree, I'll also
change the pages that are shared.
I have no objections.
Updating these licences are really nice to haves for this project.
Just to be clear, the FSF and Fedora issue is only with *dir_colors*(5) licensed
under *LDPv1* which contains the contentious clause:
"c) You must not add notes to the Document implying that the reader had better
read something produced using Texinfo."
https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/issues/211
https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/1957
which restricts modification, especially by GNU or other projects which may wish
to offer and promote alternative doc formats or interfaces.
LDPv2 requires notifying the author of modifications by email if provided, and
suggested authors could add a generic clause c) prohibiting modifications
without author consent.
TLDP is now by default under GFDLv1.2+.
Another problematic licence is *JSON*, which contains the clause:
"The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil."
restricting use with non-specific subjective terms, unlike similar licences with
specific objective restrictions, like not being used for anything related to
animal testing or nuclear weapons.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
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