In Internet sometimes you find software available from the author
webpage, with the source code available... but without specifying a
licence. Even if you try to contact with the author he often doesn't
knows nothing about GPL, licence compatibility, etc.
What can/should we do in these cases if we want to package his
software? I understand than even if he hasn't specified a licence he
is the copyright holder and so I can't redistribute his software
without permision.
An easy solution is to recommend him the GPL. But a lot of them want a
licence that:
a) Is "free". Allowing the redistribution at no cost.
b) Does *not* allows "commerical" use.
c) Requires any redistribution to make reference to the original author.
Such a software can be hosted in the OBS?
Is "Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike" a good
option? I suppose it is GPL incompatible.
If he accepts to licence under <licence>. How can I prove that he
allowed me to redistribute the software under that licence? I need to
ask him to modify the files hosted in his website adding the licence?
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