
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? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org