Hi Luis,
We are currently studying open-source libraries to be used in a refactor of UploadWizard, and FineUploaded is currently being considered: http://fineuploader.com/
That library is licensed under GPLv3, while UploadWizard is GPLv2. UploadWizard doesn't specify "2 or later".
Is that a problem? Does that mean we need to work on a license change for UploadWizard? If so, what would be the process?
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:26:16AM -0400, Gilles Dubuc wrote:
That library is licensed under GPLv3, while UploadWizard is GPLv2. UploadWizard doesn't specify "2 or later".
To be clear, UW's README says "identical to MediaWiki's licensing", which *does* say "or later". Parts of UW added by YuviPanda explicitly say "or later", but the rest is unclear.
Am I missing something? I don't think it's that ambiguous.
README: "identical to MediaWiki's licensing" All other code files that mention a license say GPL v2 or later. Checked JS and PHP.
The only differing file is CREDITS, which says GPL v2. At this point I think we can say that's more like a typo than a legal declaration, as it does not properly describe the actual licenses on the code.
Worst case scenario, we contact all the authors listed in CREDITS, who all either work for the Foundation or are easily contacted.
On Thu Jul 10 08:40:58 2014, Mark Holmquist wrote:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:26:16AM -0400, Gilles Dubuc wrote:
That library is licensed under GPLv3, while UploadWizard is GPLv2. UploadWizard doesn't specify "2 or later".
To be clear, UW's README says "identical to MediaWiki's licensing", which *does* say "or later". Parts of UW added by YuviPanda explicitly say "or later", but the rest is unclear.
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Hi Neil,
Neil Kandalgaonkar schreef op 10-7-2014 18:58:
Worst case scenario, we contact all the authors listed in CREDITS, who all either work for the Foundation or are easily contacted.
Or had some small print in their WMF contract having to do with copyright on the code they write ;-)
Maarten
In that case, sounds like we should just correct the CREDITS file, since it's an inconsistency and was in contradiction with the actual code. Any objections?
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Maarten Dammers maarten@mdammers.nl wrote:
Hi Neil,
Neil Kandalgaonkar schreef op 10-7-2014 18:58:
Worst case scenario, we contact all the authors listed in CREDITS, who
all either work for the Foundation or are easily contacted.
Or had some small print in their WMF contract having to do with copyright on the code they write ;-)
Maarten
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On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Gilles Dubuc gilles@wikimedia.org wrote:
In that case, sounds like we should just correct the CREDITS file, since it's an inconsistency and was in contradiction with the actual code. Any objections?
No objection to that change.
I would like to do a separate scan of the code to double-check on other problems - where does the UW code live?
Thanks- Luis
If you like, you can browse it on the web here.
https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FUploadWizard
Or, you can just check my work. I attached a file with the output from a script I ran to find all the licenses.
On Thu Jul 10 13:35:26 2014, Luis Villa wrote:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Gilles Dubuc <gilles@wikimedia.org mailto:gilles@wikimedia.org> wrote:
In that case, sounds like we should just correct the CREDITS file, since it's an inconsistency and was in contradiction with the actual code. Any objections?No objection to that change.
I would like to do a separate scan of the code to double-check on other problems - where does the UW code live?
Thanks- Luis
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On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Neil Kandalgaonkar neilk@neilk.net wrote:
If you like, you can browse it on the web here.
https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FUploadWizard
Or, you can just check my work. I attached a file with the output from a script I ran to find all the licenses.
Thanks! I also used Fossology to do a quick scan, and all it had were some false positives.[1] So I'm OK with the change of CREDITS to v2 or later.
And I'm OK with the use of the GPL v3 module.
Luis
[1] results: https://fossology.ist.unomaha.edu/?mod=nomoslicense&upload=518&item=... ; bug filed: http://www.fossology.org/issues/7263
On Thu Jul 10 13:35:26 2014, Luis Villa wrote:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Gilles Dubuc <gilles@wikimedia.org mailto:gilles@wikimedia.org> wrote:
In that case, sounds like we should just correct the CREDITS file, since it's an inconsistency and was in contradiction with the actual code. Any objections?No objection to that change.
I would like to do a separate scan of the code to double-check on other problems - where does the UW code live?
Thanks- Luis
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