Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding Nipper license to the tree

2009-06-15 Thread Tony "Chainsaw" Vroon
On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 00:58 +0100, Mike Auty wrote: > So I'll leave the source version out of the tree, but I'd like thoughts > on using RPM as a solution? Also I don't know whether an exception > could be made for Gentoo, but equally I don't know how to phrase one of > them either (Gentoo Foundat

Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding Nipper license to the tree

2009-06-15 Thread Mike Auty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robin H. Johnson wrote: > The website stills says GPL v3: > http://nipper.titania.co.uk/licensing.php Yep, the website's going to be updated for version 1.0 (with the license change). > ... I can't really comment on a lot of this, unfortunately. >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding Nipper license to the tree

2009-06-14 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 09:28:24PM +0100, Mike Auty wrote: > One of the packages I maintain (nipper) has recently undergone a change > of license, from being GPLed to a new license that whilst mostly being > commercial features a non-commercial/personal use element. The website stills says GPL v3:

Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding Nipper license to the tree

2009-06-14 Thread Tony "Chainsaw" Vroon
On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 21:28 +0100, Mike Auty wrote: > but I thought I should ask what > the best course of action would be here? If it were my ebuild, I would not add the updates under the new, draconic license and either fork the GPL'd code or mask the package for removal. You can not in any way

[gentoo-dev] Adding Nipper license to the tree

2009-06-14 Thread Mike Auty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hiya guys, One of the packages I maintain (nipper) has recently undergone a change of license, from being GPLed to a new license that whilst mostly being commercial features a non-commercial/personal use element. Due to the new license (and the no re