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Add GPL rider that prohibits GitHub hosting #3879

Open pombredanne opened 1 month ago

pombredanne commented 1 month ago

See https://thelig.ht/code/dbxfs/file/LICENSE.html via @pabs3

dbxfs is generally licensed under the GPLv3+. Additionally it has the restriction that this code cannot be hosted on GitHub. In the instance where the prohibition of hosting this code on GitHub conflicts with the text of the GPLv3+, the prohibition of hosting this code on GitHub takes precedence.

Note that a license notice is not code, therefore I think it is OK to host the license notice here for detection purpose, but I am reaching out to the author to ask for permission

pombredanne commented 1 month ago

I sent this email to @rianhunter

From: Philippe Ombredanne pombredanne@nexb.com Date: Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 3:47 PM Subject: Your license text for dbxfs To: Rian Hunter rian@alum.mit.edu Cc: Ayan Mahapatra asmahapatra@nexb.com Hi Rian: Ayan and I maintain a license detection tool called ScanCode. Is it OK to keep a copy of your license text at https://thelig.ht/code/dbxfs/file/LICENSE.html in our license database we use for detection? Without this, we cannot detect it, and cannot help folks to comply with your terms. This is in reference to https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/issues/3879 Cordially Philippe Ombredanne