Re: ansible-runner: guidance requested on possible Apache-2.0/GPL-3.0 incompatibility
Sakirnth Nagarasa <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:45:38 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal |
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Hello Soren On 3/14/26 19:05, Soren Stoutner wrote: > If it were me I would simply add a comment to the main “Files: *” stanza in > debian/copyright stating that because the project incorporates GPL-3+ code, > the package as a whole is distributed under the GPL-3+, making it explicit to > users what they are getting. > > I would also pass this information along to the upstream project. They don’t > need to relicense their code. Other people are free to copy or modify the > Apache-2.0 portion of their code under the Apache-2.0 if they like. But the > upstream project should probably be explicit about the fact that if users take > advantage of the project as a whole as it is currently distributed, the > effective license is GPL-3+. Perfect thank you very much. I will do that. Cheers Saki