Re: IUPAC/InChI-Trust Licence DFSG-Compliant ?
On 02/26/2018 03:50 PM, Walter Landry wrote:
> Alex Mestiashvili <amestia@rsh2.donotuse.de> writes:
>> Hi,
>>
>> could you please clarify if the license below can be considered
>> DFSG-compatible ?
>>
>> Section 2 doesn't sound very good, but section 3 says that GPL-2+ may be
>> applied.
>> Will it be fine to simply state that it is licensed under GPL-2+ and
>> also include the original license in d/copyright ?
>
> It looks a like the LGPL-2. In any event, this license is fine as is.
> If anyone wants to make modifications that are not allowed by the
> existing text, then they can modify it under GPL-2+ terms. There are
> other examples in the archive of this (e.g. CECILL).
>
> Cheers,
> Walter Landry
>
I see. Now I also found this license (thanks to codesearch.debian.net)
in openbabel package as LGPL-2.1 compatible.
Thank you!
Alex
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