Thread: pldebugger license: Artistic 1.0 or 2.0?
Hi, the Debian ftp masters pointed out that the pldebugger license is ambiguous: The source code states this: Licence ------- The pl/pgsql debugger API is released under the Artistic Licence. http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php Copyright (c) 2004-2017 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ... but the link to opensource.org (now) points to a disambiguation page to choose between version 1.0 and 2.0 of the license. Could you clarify which of the two you want there? (Or maybe a combination like "1.0, or any later version".) Thanks, Christoph
Being in the Perl community from where the Artistic licenses originate, I assume the original intent was version 1.0, which is why the statement is unqualified. That being said, I recommend that the copyright holder explicitly license it under the Artistic 2.0, which is a much better version of the license, having the same intent but being much more clear and legally solid. -- Darren Duncan On 2018-10-14 1:13 PM, Christoph Berg wrote: > Hi, > > the Debian ftp masters pointed out that the pldebugger license is > ambiguous: The source code states this: > > Licence > ------- > > The pl/pgsql debugger API is released under the Artistic Licence. > > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php > > Copyright (c) 2004-2017 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All Rights Reserved. > > ... but the link to opensource.org (now) points to a disambiguation > page to choose between version 1.0 and 2.0 of the license. > > Could you clarify which of the two you want there? (Or maybe a > combination like "1.0, or any later version".) > > Thanks, > Christoph > >
On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 6:46 AM Darren Duncan <darren@darrenduncan.net> wrote:
Being in the Perl community from where the Artistic licenses originate, I assume
the original intent was version 1.0, which is why the statement is unqualified.
It was.
That being said, I recommend that the copyright holder explicitly license it
under the Artistic 2.0, which is a much better version of the license, having
the same intent but being much more clear and legally solid.
And I have,.
Thanks!
-- Darren Duncan
On 2018-10-14 1:13 PM, Christoph Berg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the Debian ftp masters pointed out that the pldebugger license is
> ambiguous: The source code states this:
>
> Licence
> -------
>
> The pl/pgsql debugger API is released under the Artistic Licence.
>
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php
>
> Copyright (c) 2004-2017 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
>
> ... but the link to opensource.org (now) points to a disambiguation
> page to choose between version 1.0 and 2.0 of the license.
>
> Could you clarify which of the two you want there? (Or maybe a
> combination like "1.0, or any later version".)
>
> Thanks,
> Christoph
>
>
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