Re: Who needs to pick a license?

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:48:08 +1000, Andrew Murray wrote:

> Over at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/8880, debate
> has arisen about FreeType's two licenses - does Pillow need to pick
> one, or is it up to our users to decide that for themselves?

I always wondered about the case where one of those two licences is
some version of the GPL. GPLv2
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html> says
(section 5):

    You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
    signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify
    or distribute the Program or its derivative works.

while GPLv3 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html> says
(section 9):

    You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or
    run a copy of the Program. ... However, nothing other than this
    License grants you permission to propagate or modify any covered
    work.

Note that =E2=80=9Cnothing else=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cnothing other than th=
is licence=E2=80=9D. Surely
if you have a choice of an alternative licence, then that clause
doesn=E2=80=99t mean anything ... ?