Hi Ricardo, Thank you for the quick feedback.
On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 at 18:18, Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> wrote: > zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> writes: > > > The file guix/licenses.scm contains "non-copyleft" therefore why do > > not put the licenses Artistic 1.0 under this label? It will allow the > > inclusion of this package -- and probable others from Bioconductor. > > That wouldn’t be correct. non-copyleft is for free licenses only, and > the Artistic 1.0 does not qualify. The Perl License section says: << This license is the disjunction of the Artistic License 1.0 and the GNU GPL—in other words, you can choose either of those two licenses. It qualifies as a free software license, but it may not be a real copyleft. It is compatible with the GNU GPL because the GNU GPL is one of the alternatives. We recommend you use this license for any Perl 4 or Perl 5 package you write, to promote coherence and uniformity in Perl programming. Outside of Perl, we urge you not to use this license; it is better to use just the GNU GPL. >> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#PerlLicense I read "It qualifies as a free software license, but it may not be a real copyleft." therefore it means non-copyleft. > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#ArtisticLicense says: > > “We cannot say that this is a free software license because it is > too vague; some passages are too clever for their own good, and > their meaning is not clear. We urge you to avoid using it, except > as part of the disjunctive license of Perl.” > > However: > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#ClarifiedArtistic > > “This license is a free software license, compatible with the > GPL. It is the minimal set of changes needed to correct the > vagueness of the Artistic License 1.0.” > I already know these statements. And I disagree. Currently, the license is considered free when applied to Perl but non-free otherwise. It does not make sense. Well, if I understand well, as GNU Guix maintainer, you will have the official GNU position, right? So let discuss this official GNU position. :-) Do you know in which mailing list can I post? Cheers, simon
