[Bug 310] scid - A chess database application

[RPM Fusion Bugzilla]

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





--- Comment #24 from Mikhail Kalenkov <Mikhail.Kalenkov at gmail.com>  2009-06-18 09:43:06 ---
(In reply to comment #23)

SPEC - http://katrine.lpi.ru/kalenkov/fusion/scid.spec
SRPM - http://katrine.lpi.ru/kalenkov/fusion/scid-3.7.3-8.fc11.src.rpm

> (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
> 
Thanks for the clarification.


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