John Darrington writes:
> I don't have any strong opinions here. But if somebody feels that we really
> cannot
> have this program in Guix, then go ahead and revert it.
>
> In the meantime I will try to contact the authors and ask for clarification.
> However
> since the project has been ina
John Darrington writes:
> Also pertinent:
>
> This program is listed in https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Unrar-free
>
As Leo has pointed out, I have mistoken it as another program. So it
should be fine!
> J'
>
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 06:54:24AM +0100, John Darrington wrote:
> I don't have a
Also pertinent:
This program is listed in https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Unrar-free
J'
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 06:54:24AM +0100, John Darrington wrote:
I don't have any strong opinions here. But if somebody feels that we
really cannot
have this program in Guix, then go ahead and reve
I don't have any strong opinions here. But if somebody feels that we really
cannot
have this program in Guix, then go ahead and revert it.
In the meantime I will try to contact the authors and ask for clarification.
However
since the project has been inactive for the last 13 years, I don't hol
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 09:45:50AM +0800, Alex Vong wrote:
> Clément Lassieur writes:
>
> >>> Like you say, the authors have taken GPL code from another project
> >>> and incorporated
> >>> it into unrar - that is only possible if the the resultant work is
> >>> GPL compatible.
> >>
> >> Or if th
Clément Lassieur writes:
>>> Like you say, the authors have taken GPL code from another project
>>> and incorporated
>>> it into unrar - that is only possible if the the resultant work is
>>> GPL compatible.
>>
>> Or if the resultant work is illegal?
>
> Actually, unrarlib is dual-licensed, so it
>> Like you say, the authors have taken GPL code from another project and
>> incorporated
>> it into unrar - that is only possible if the the resultant work is GPL
>> compatible.
>
> Or if the resultant work is illegal?
Actually, unrarlib is dual-licensed, so it is possible to use it within
a pr
> Yes, the package does not explicitly have headers in the way that GNU
> recommends.
> But I do not see how such a recommendation is "mandatory". (It's mandatory for
> gnu programs, but there are many non-gnu programs in Guix)
This is what I was referring to:
Whichever license you plan to
On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 08:59:37PM +0100, Cl??ment Lassieur wrote:
I had a look at the source of the recently commited "unrar" package, and
I could not find neither "copyright" lines nor pointers to the full
notice, except in unrarlib.h and unrarlib.c, which belong to a different
