Re: isync GPL incompatibility due to Cyrus SASL

[Marc H. <in...@ma...>]

I agree with this change.

Best regards,
Marc

On 26.06.22 14:07, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> moin,
>
> debian bug #1012636 has brought to my attention that the SASL support 
> introduced in isync v1.2 (commit eb100515) makes isync binaries built 
> with it not legally distributable (unless SASL is a system library).
>
> to address this issue, i intend to generalize the GPL exception as per 
> the attached patch.
>
> i just updated the AUTHORS file to accurately reflect the copyright 
> holders and other contributors, as can be determined from the CVS/git 
> history. every contributor is invited to verify their classification.
>
> ideally, every copyright holder will reply to this message on-list to 
> express their agreement to the license change. in a while, i'll send 
> out individual mails for missing confirmations.
>
> because
> - isync already contains an exception for OpenSSL,
> - every contributor implicitly agreed to that exception, and
> - that exception exists specifically because of the advertising clause 
>   in OpenSSL < v3's license,
> i'm assuming that everyone will be fine with the proposed change.
> i'll rely on that assumption in case some copyright holder(s) cannot 
> be reached.
>
> thanks
>
>
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