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
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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