[slime-devel] Slime licence problems: a possible solution
Hi, Alceste Scalas noticed that the problematic xref.lisp file is only used by clisp, so removing it becomes a possibility. It would be painfull for the clisp hackers, but who needs xref anyway? :-) Then the only barriers between slime and main would be: -swank-ecl.lisp: we could remove this too, but I would prefer to have it with _some_ licence - doc/Makefile HACKING NEWS PROBLEMS README ChangeLog someone just has to declare then PD? Groetjes, Peter -- signature -at- pvaneynd.mailworks.org http://www.livejournal.com/users/pvaneynd/ "God, root, what is difference?" Pitr | "God is more forgiving." Dave Aronson|
Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org> writes:
Alceste Scalas noticed that the problematic xref.lisp file is only used by clisp, so removing it becomes a possibility. It would be painfull for the clisp hackers, but who needs xref anyway? :-)
This would be a bit of a pity just because it's a nice module.
Then the only barriers between slime and main would be:
-swank-ecl.lisp: we could remove this too, but I would prefer to have it with _some_ licence - doc/Makefile HACKING NEWS PROBLEMS README ChangeLog someone just has to declare then PD?
Can we make this declaration in e.g. the README or a COPYING file? How is this normally done? I don't remember seeing license declarations inside ChangeLog or NEWS files.
Luke Gorrie <luke <at> synap.se> writes:
Alceste Scalas noticed that the problematic xref.lisp file is only used by clisp, so removing it becomes a possibility. It would be painfull for the clisp hackers, but who needs xref anyway?
This would be a bit of a pity just because it's a nice module.
I know, but there is also the small matter of the licence 'infecting' the remainder of slime.
- doc/Makefile HACKING NEWS PROBLEMS README ChangeLog someone just has to declare then PD?
Can we make this declaration in e.g. the README or a COPYING file?
Correct.
How is this normally done? I don't remember seeing license declarations inside ChangeLog or NEWS files.
In general there is a licence that covers the whole thing, with possible exceptions. Slime has _no_ general licence, but only exceptions. This forces you to declare the licence of all parts. It is a big pain in the ***. Then there is the dubious nature of ChangeLog which is of mixed licence? Groetjes, Peter
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