Hi James, On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 2:51 PM James Cowgill <jcowg...@debian.org> wrote: > > Source: nethack > Version: 3.4.3-14 > Severity: serious > X-Debbugs-CC: vch...@debian.org > > Hi, > > While reviewing the copyright file for the NetHack 3.6.1 upload, I > noticed that the debian directory (and its patches) are marked as under > the GPL-2.0. Unfortunately NetHack's special NGPL license is not > compatible with the GPL (both are copyleft with some conflicting terms), > so I have come to the conclusion that Debian's version of NetHack is not > distributable in binary form at all. > > Thankfully I think this can be resolved fairly smoothly. If I look at > the package history, I see that before 3.4.3-14 everything was licensed > under the NGPL (except for the lisp patches). In this version, the > copyright file was changed to relicense(?!) the debian/ directory under > the GPL. Vincent and I are the only people who have claimed copyright > since that point, and I am fine with licensing my stuff under the NGPL, > so Vincent is the only person who needs asking. > > Vincent, can all your changes to the nethack package be licensed under > the NGPL instead of the GPL-2.0?
Yes, I'm fine with licensing my changes to nethack under the NGPL as well. Regards, Vincent
