deb822.py licensing, Was: upload? (with summary of UNRELEASED stuff)

[dann frazier]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 12:30:19AM +0200, Adeodato Sim?? wrote:
> * Stefano Zacchiroli [Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:10:59 +0200]:
> 
> > Sorry, but I lost count; does this mean we now have all the
> > authorization to re-release deb822 under "gpl v2 or above" hence solving
> > all ours license-compatibility issues?
> 
> No, dannf is still missing; I think he needs to hear back from his
> employer first.

Which I just did. My preference would be to relicense deb822 under the
LGPL. This would mean more people could use it in their non-GPL code,
including the other python-debian libraries.

The problem there is that deb822 will use python-apt if it is
available for better performance. python-apt is licensed under GPL v2
or greater. One option is to come up with some scheme where we
dual-license under LGPL and GPLv2 or greater, but restrict our usage
of python-apt to GPLv2-or-greater licensees
(e.g. deb822.gplv2_or_greater = True).

Another option is to just license under "GPL v2 or greater" - its
a simpler statement, but more resrictive.

I'd like to avoid "GPLv3-only" or "GPLv2 and GPLv3".

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dann frazier