Many locale definitions need license change

[Keld Jørn Simonsen]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:24:14AM -0500, Brett Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 05:12 +0200, Keld Simonsen wrote: 
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:46:40AM -0500, Brett Smith wrote:
> > > My name is Brett Smith; I handle various license-related issues at the
> > > FSF.  We recently learned that several locale definitions included with
> > > glibc have a license that says "Distribution and use is free, also for
> > > commercial purposes."  Other definitions have an incomplete copy of this
> > > license.
> > 
> > I am probably the origin of this license. How would you advocate me to proceed to
> > remedy the situation?
> 
> Keld,
> 
> Thanks for getting in touch.  It helps a lot to have the support of
> someone who's contributed so much to the locale definitions.
> 
> Even if you did create or first use this license, we can't use that fact
> to take any shortcuts, unfortunately.  We'll still have to follow the
> procedure I outlined in my last e-mail: all the contributors using this
> license will need to give use permission to use a free, GPL-compatible
> license instead.
> 
> To take care of your own contributions, you have a couple of options.
> If you want to have complete control over the process, you can prepare a
> patch that replaces all the license notices in your contributions with
> notices for one of the acceptable licenses I mentioned last time.  Send
> that patch to me, I'll double-check to make sure it covers everything,
> and then you can send it along to get integrated into the main glibc
> codebase.  This might also be a good opportunity to update contact
> information, etc.
> 
> If you don't want to get so detailed, you can also just send me an
> e-mail that gives the FSF permission to distribute your work under one
> of the acceptable licenses.  I'm working with our attorneys to prepare a
> brief text that you can just send back to me to accomplish this, and
> I'll pass it along as soon as it's done -- which should be Monday or
> Tuesday.  Once we have that permission, I'll prepare a patch myself that
> just updates the license notices, and send it to the glibc team.

Looks good! However, you did not mention which Monday or Tuesday:-)
I don't remember seeing a text from you, so please resend.

Best regards
Keld