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[PATCH] gnu: Add ocrfeeder

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Message #23 received at 46393 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andy Tai <atai <at> atai.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 46393 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#46393] [PATCH] gnu: Add ocrfeeder
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:29:49 -0800

Thanks for clarifying the license:-)

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:27 AM Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 10:37:27PM -0800, Andy Tai wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 4:34 PM Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> wrote:
> > > I looked in the repo and it doesn't look like the expat license:
> > >
> > > https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Expat
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what it is? Can you do a little research? That FSF license
> > > directory might help.
> >
> >
> > I double checked and the FSF uses expat to refer to MIT-style license.
> > I put a comment in the python-sane patch to that effect.
>
> Sorry, but this is not the expat license. It's a completely different
> text.
>
> In terms of concrete differences, at least, the requirement not to use
> the author's name for "advertising" is not part of the expat license.
>
> It's basically a variation on these:
>
> https://www.xfree86.org/4.0.2/LICENSE3.html
>
> I pushed a followup commit, adjusting the package to use the generic
> "non-copyleft" license.



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