Licensing - Make ReactOS conform again!

[Colin Finck]

Hi all!

I've held a presentation at Hackfest today regarding Licensing Best 
Practices, different positions about the GPL and its influence, and ways 
to improve ReactOS' conformance with all involved licenses.

I think we should treat this subject even more seriously than others, 
given that we are an Open-Source project trying to provide an 
alternative to a proprietary product. Also licensing questions arise 
from time to time, which is why we should collect some answers.

Please watch the video at https://youtu.be/OTVVz9VLisU or see the slides 
at 
https://svn.reactos.org/press-media/trunk/Events/2017%20-%20Hackfest/Licens…
Discussions are open now! :)
But if there are no objections, let's introduce SPDX license headers, 
.ABOUT files, and a complete license list as soon as possible.


Cheers,

Colin

[Mark Jansen]

No objections here!

On 18 August 2017 at 01:53, Colin Finck <colin(a)reactos.org> wrote:
>   Hi all!
>
>  I've held a presentation at Hackfest today regarding Licensing Best
>  Practices, different positions about the GPL and its influence, and ways to
>  improve ReactOS' conformance with all involved licenses.
>
>  I think we should treat this subject even more seriously than others, given
>  that we are an Open-Source project trying to provide an alternative to a
>  proprietary product. Also licensing questions arise from time to time, which
>  is why we should collect some answers.
>
>  Please watch the video at https://youtu.be/OTVVz9VLisU or see the slides at
>  https://svn.reactos.org/press-media/trunk/Events/2017%20-%20Hackfest/Licens…
>  Discussions are open now! :)
>  But if there are no objections, let's introduce SPDX license headers, .ABOUT
>  files, and a complete license list as soon as possible.
>
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Colin
>
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>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
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[Colin Finck]

I also began with https://reactos.org/wiki/Problematic_Licenses
Please have a look, add other problematic components you found, and 
possible solutions if you have some.

- Colin


Am 20.08.2017 um 16:54 schrieb Mark Jansen:
>   No objections here!
>  
>  On 18 August 2017 at 01:53, Colin Finck <colin(a)reactos.org> wrote:
> >   Hi all!
> >
> >  I've held a presentation at Hackfest today regarding Licensing Best
> >  Practices, different positions about the GPL and its influence, and ways to
> >  improve ReactOS' conformance with all involved licenses.
> >
> >  I think we should treat this subject even more seriously than others, given
> >  that we are an Open-Source project trying to provide an alternative to a
> >  proprietary product. Also licensing questions arise from time to time, which
> >  is why we should collect some answers.
> >
> >  Please watch the video at https://youtu.be/OTVVz9VLisU or see the slides at
> >  https://svn.reactos.org/press-media/trunk/Events/2017%20-%20Hackfest/Licens…
> >  Discussions are open now! :)
> >  But if there are no objections, let's introduce SPDX license headers, .ABOUT
> >  files, and a complete license list as soon as possible.
> >
> >
> >  Cheers,
> >
> >  Colin
> >
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  Ros-dev mailing list
> >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev 
>  
>  _______________________________________________
>  Ros-dev mailing list
>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>