wolfgang haefelinger dixit: >Allright, so what is the procedure now to use >http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html?
⇒ generic part As copyright owner, all you have to do is to ensure that the people distributing antlr include a LICENSE.txt file in the Python subdirectory of their distribution which states this fact. You should also specify which version(s) of the licence. For example: • GPL version 1 only • GPL version 1 or later • GPL version 2 only • GPL version 2 or later • GPL version 3 only • GPL version 3 or later The “only” ones lead to interoperability problems, so I suggest an “or later” version, as your software is something usually combined with other code, i.e. a library of sorts. Using the GNU GPL will also make (the Python part of) antlr incompatible with licences such as the EPL, which are unfortunately common in the Java™ world. That being said, I do not know why the antlr *.jar file includes the Python code, as it does not need to. If the antlr upstream distributes the binary *.jar file with it, this will not be a problem. ⇒ Debian part The Debian package maintainers can add the relevant information, and possibly separate the Python part from the Java™ part, by themselves, if you notify them of this decision of yours (i.e. to use the GPL and which versions). For this, replying to the Debian bug eMail address is enough. Of course, Debian would want to stay in sync with upstream on this. ⇒ Upstream part Please contact the people who develop antlr 2.x and notify them of your decision, and ask them to release an updated antlr version including the licence file, and to prominently state this erratum on their website. ⇒ Other antlr versions I’ve only looked at antlr 2.x (since coworkers at the dayjob wanted to use this in a project of theirs, and since it is in Debian). If antlr 3.x and/or 4.x also include your code, please notify the people developing those as well. Thanks, //mirabilos -- I believe no one can invent an algorithm. One just happens to hit upon it when God enlightens him. Or only God invents algorithms, we merely copy them. If you don't believe in God, just consider God as Nature if you won't deny existence. -- Coywolf Qi Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
