linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license

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Message-ID: <Yo5cxWghV/v2Fnzf@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 25 May 2022 09:43:49 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Richard Fontana <fontana@...rpeleven.org>
Cc:     tj@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jeyu@...nel.org, shuah@...nel.org,
        bvanassche@....org, dan.j.williams@...el.com, joe@...ches.com,
        keescook@...omium.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, minchan@...nel.org,
        linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@...e.com>,
        Kuno Woudt <kuno@...b.nl>,
        copyleft-next@...ts.fedorahosted.org,
        Ciaran Farrell <Ciaran.Farrell@...e.com>,
        Christopher De Nicolo <Christopher.DeNicolo@...e.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license

On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 11:27:34PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 29 2021 at 11:44, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > +    "FSF-Free" means classified as 'free' by the Free Software Foundation.
> > +
> > +    "OSI-Approved" means approved as 'Open Source' by the Open Source
> > +    Initiative.
> 
> copyleft-next is neither nor. Confused...

The terms are used in two clauses:

4. Condition Against Further Restrictions; Inbound License Compatibility
7. Nullification of Copyleft/Proprietary Dual Licensing

IANAL but at least as per my reading, in both cases it is used to refer to
"other licenses", not itself, so I see no issue with that use. If there
is an issue it would be nice to hear more details about it, so that
perhaps new versions of the license can make this clearer somehow, if
not already.

  Luis