On the license of python-debian

[Reinhard Tartler]

On 03/09/2017 10:36 AM, dann frazier wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 01:05:29PM +0100, Philippe Ombredanne wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> python-debian is the canonical library to handle debian files. It is
>> GPL-licensed yet also used as a library by quite a few tools [1] that
>> are not GPL-licensed but rather ISC, MIT, Apache and similar both at
>> debian and elsewhere.
>>
>> Would the copyleft of python-debian flow to a tool or library that is
>> calling and using python-debian as a library?
>>
>> If yes, could it make sense to consider some sorts of licensing update
>> either for all these FOSS libraries or rather for python-debian proper
>> such that the effective licensing of these tools may not be impacted?
> 
> Philippe,
>   Thanks for bringing this up and looking into the existing use cases.
> For what little of my code still exists, I'd be happy to consider dual
> licensing under another DFSG-compatible license.

I concur with Dann here, for what little of my code still exists, I'd
also be happy to consider dual licensing under another DFSG-compatible
license.

Reinhard