GNU dbm - Bugs: bug #157, License change back to GPLv2+ [Puszcza]

GNU dbm - Bugs: bug #157, License change back to GPLv2+

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bug #157: License change back to GPLv2+

Submitted by:	Honza Horak <hhorak>
Submitted on:	Tue Dec 13 09:14:38 2011

Category:	None	Priority:	5 - Normal
Severity:	5 - Normal	Status:	Wont Fix
Privacy:	Public	Assigned to:	None
Open/Closed:	Closed

Mon Jan 29 14:11:50 2018, comment #5: Hi, what it status of this? Did you find a solution with Thorsten? I see that ypserv is still GPLv2 so it can't be linked with gdbm under GPLv3 - https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility	Marek Skalický <mskalick>
Thu Apr 12 07:59:21 2012, comment #4: Thanks, I'll contact Thorsten and try to find out a solution. I'll let you know about the result. As to the "why", GDBM is a GNU package and GPLv3 is a part of GNU policy, which it is my duty as a maintainer to promote.	Sergey Poznyakoff <gray>
Thu Apr 12 07:23:44 2012, comment #3: I'm very sorry to hear that, because ypserv's maintainer Thorsten is not willing or even able to change the license as well. He sais it's because he can't get all needed permissions from all former contributors and he also simply doesn't like GPLv3. If you can speak to him, try to convince, I'd be very grateful. You can find his mail at https://www.linux-nis.org. Anyway, why is it impossible to change the license back to GPLv2+ or LGPLv2.1? If you made all changes since version 1.9, it should be legal re-license it. Do you have any other particular reason?	Honza Horak <hhorak>
Wed Apr 11 08:22:49 2012, comment #2: Sorry, but that's impossible. If anybody has problems upgrading their license, please tell him to get in touch with me. Perhaps we will be able to make out a solution for a particular case. In any case, changing back the license of GDBM is not an option.	Sergey Poznyakoff <gray>
Wed Apr 11 07:22:28 2012, comment #1: Please, consider changing gdbm license, since it's a pain issue for anybody who cares about licenses. Another compatible solution would be changing gdbm to LGPLv2.1(+). I'd like to hear your opinion.	Honza Horak <hhorak>
Tue Dec 13 09:14:38 2011, original submission: It turned out recently, that the license change from GPLv2+ to GPLv3+ introduced license incompatibility between projects, which are GPLv2 only. Projects with conflict I'm aware of are ypserv (NIS) and ruby-libs-1.8.3. Negotiation with the authors of that packages also turned out that it is not possible to re-license these projects to a compatible license, which placed us in the position where we cannot legally use gdbm in these projects. There are probably some more projects with the same incompatibility, that I'm not aware of, and I expect it will became a bigger problem as soon as gdbm-1.9 or later will be used in other distributions as well (now it is problem in Fedora at least). I'd like to ask you if gdbm could be re-license back to GPLv2+, which will solve all the problems.	Honza Horak <hhorak>

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Date	Changed By	Updated Field	Previous Value	=>	Replaced By
Sat Feb 6 09:55:30 2021	gray	Open/Closed	Open		Closed
Wed Apr 11 08:22:49 2012	gray	Status	None		Wont Fix

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