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Modify License documentation where applicable #40

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cvvergara opened this issue Jan 19, 2021 · 5 comments
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Modify License documentation where applicable #40

cvvergara opened this issue Jan 19, 2021 · 5 comments

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@cvvergara
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License GPL-2.0 is deprecated move to GPL-2.0 -or-later

TODO (if applicable):

  • pgRouting
  • pgRoutingLayer
  • osm2pgRouting
  • Website
  • workshop
  • docker-pgRouting
  • osm2pgrouting4qgis
  • any other sub product that I might have forgotten

References:
pgRouting/pgrouting#1851
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/identify-licenses-clearly.en.html
https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0+.html

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dkastl commented Jan 20, 2021

According to the link you posted, the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later seems to be deprecated actually: https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0+.html ... so what is the currently "valid" one? It's a bit confusing. I don't think we want to change to one that is already deprecated, no?

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dkastl commented Jan 20, 2021

Sorry, I missunderstood ... we want to move to this one: https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-only.html

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dkastl commented Jan 20, 2021

I think at the time GNU General Public License v2.0 or later was selected, the idea was to also reference GPL v3.0.

So if we now change this to GNU General Public License v2.0 only, then we actually make a restricition that was not intended.

What would actually happen, if we would make a change to GNU General Public License v3.0 or later instead?

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dkastl commented Jan 20, 2021

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dkastl commented Jan 20, 2021

Maybe one consequence of changing to only could be, that this will make it impossible to use code in GPLv3 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#AllCompatibility

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