[csw-maintainers] License for makefiles and other packages component

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi,

Am 16.03.2009 um 22:16 schrieb Joerg Schilling:

> Mike Watters <mwatters at opencsw.org> wrote:
>
>> patches and scripts can be either GPL v2 or v3 or later, their  
>> Choice "I believe."
>>
>> whereas if the license for the base is GPL v3 then the maintainer's  
>> additions must be GPL v3 or later.
>> any source code patch would fall under the license of the original  
>> source "I think"
>
> The makefiles in question are not part of "the work" but only part  
> of "the
> complete source" (which is more than "the work"). For any part that  
> is beyond
> "the work", there is no license requirement in the GPL.

About the "Core GAR" there is no doubt: It was released under GPLv2
and I'm comfortable with sticking my mGAR v2 stuff under it.

Personally, I like the idea of having all the stuff under the same  
license
if possible.


Best regards

   -- Dago