[Bug 310] scid - A chess database application

[RPM Fusion Bugzilla]

http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310





--- Comment #23 from Orcan Ogetbil <oget.fedora at gmail.com>  2009-06-18 09:20:42 ---
(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_licensing_situations.3F


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