[Bug 421921] Review Request: argyllcms - ICC compatible color management system

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Summary: Review Request:  argyllcms - ICC compatible color management system


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=421921





------- Additional Comments From tcallawa at redhat.com  2007-12-20 13:50 EST -------
The cgats/License.txt & icc/License.txt (they're the same license) is Free, but
GPLv2 and GPLv3 incompatible.

This is because of clause 2 and 4. Since everything else is GPLv3+, at a
minimum, clause 4 would need to be removed/altered.

> 4) These conditions apply to any software derived from or based
>    on the Software, not just to the unmodified library.

The FSF says that it is very easy to read this as a copyleft requirement.  It's
a little weird because it would basically be a copyleft for its own sake -- all
it would do is make sure the license of the project never changed, rather than
accomplishing some end like making sure the source is available.  But it's
certainly within the realm of possibility. 

This probably isn't the author's intent, they probably just want to make sure
that the source is always freely available without additional restrictions. If
clause 4 is removed, or replaced with something more along these lines, it would
probably be GPLv3 compat. Alternately, Mr. Gill might choose to simply relicense
those bits as GPLv3, and remove all compatibility concerns, as the GPLv3
enforces that the source will always remain freely available without additional
restrictions.

As is, this is a showstopper, since icc and cgets are tightly tied into the rest
of the argyllcms code. Sorry.

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