[Bug 310] scid - A chess database application

(In reply to comment #22) > Done. I found that src/tcl/contrib/ezsmtp/* files have a nonGPL license > (tcl/contrib/ezsmtp/license.txt). I wrote in spec file that they are "freely > distributable". Is it correct? > No, that is a BSD style license which is *compatible* with GPL [1]. That code ends up in the final scid executable. GPL is stricter than BSD and the stricter license wins [2]. The scid authors decided to link this BSD code to GPL code and they have the right to do so because of the GPL-compatibility. The resulting file will be GPL. Well, GPLv2+ in this case. [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/FAQ#How_should_I_handle_multiple...