On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Martin Maechler wrote:
"GaGr" == Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:51:50 -0400 writes:
GaGr> Is this a true problem?
No;
as Oholoh mentions there are only two files which mention the
artistic licence, namely src/main/apse.[ch]
Apart from the licences themselves in share/licenses! There is a
potential issue with packages that use an Artistic licence (the quoter
seems ignorant of the fact that there are more than one), but that applies
to any package license other than GPL2 and is the responsibility of the
package owner to check.
Also, some files in share/perl are 'under the same terms as Perl itself',
that is Artistic or GPL.
and these two contain
Copyright (C) by Jarkko Hietaniemi, 1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2006.
All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of either:
a) the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
later version, or
b) the "Artistic License" which comes with Perl source code.
so they are exactly from the group mentioned below as
"the code in question may be available under multiple licenses"
Thank you, Gabor, for asking.
Martin Maechler
ETH Zurich and R Core Team
GaGr> Artistic License may conflict
GaGr> with GPL The source code for R contains references to
GaGr> both the GNU General Public License 2.0 (GPL) and to
GaGr> the Artistic License. These two licenses include some
GaGr> contradictory restrictions.
GaGr> The Ohloh source code parser is exhaustive, and can
GaGr> reveal licensing requirements which the developers
GaGr> themselves may have overlooked or forgotten.
GaGr> This message is merely a warning. There may not
GaGr> actually be any conflict, because the two licenses may
GaGr> not apply to the exact same sections of code or the
GaGr> code in question may be available under multiple
GaGr> licenses. You should review the license requirements
GaGr> for this project carefully, especially if you are
GaGr> using this code for commercial purposes.
GaGr> The GNU Project maintains a guide to GPL compatibility
GaGr> at their web site.
GaGr> Above is at this page:
GaGr> http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3926/factoids/632981
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