On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 03:34 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On 7/13/07, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > New builds that change licensing terms should check any library > > dependencies for license incompatibility. E.g., a GPLv2 program must > > not depend on a GPLv3+ or LGPLv3+ library, and a GPLv3+ program must > > not depend on a GPLv2 library. (not sure about GPLv3+ / LGPLv2 > > compatibility, I haven't thought much about it, and IANAL :-) > > > I'm very wary at attempting to rely the licensing tag in spec files > for any automation like this out of the gate. There are packages which > include multiple pieces of code under different licenses and of course > packages with code under multiple licenses. These situations aren't > codified in the licensing tag. Agreed. josh _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
