On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 18:02, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/30/2011 07:40 PM, Richard Fontana wrote: >> Is your concern that the MIT license doesn't actually appear at the >> top of the spec file? > > Yes. I would prefer this > Why? I am not sure what having 2 to 22 lines included in every RPM is going to accomplish in the large frame of things? >> I guess this is a Fedora Packaging issue, but could one automate the >> inclusion of an MIT license notice in spec files? > > Possibly. I believe openSUSE has automated this or they are copying the > same exact boiler plate notice over and over again which is not unusual > for spec files Looking over the MIT License I am not sure it would improve anything beyond causing more confusion: # Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders> # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person # obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files # (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, # including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, # publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, # and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, # subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN # ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE # SOFTWARE. # Would it need to be rewritten to say that it only covers the SPEC file and not the associated software because my not a lawyer just a coder reading of the license would make me assume it means everything in the software I just downloaded. > Rahul > _______________________________________________ > advisory-board mailing list > advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board > -- Stephen J Smoogen. "The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance." Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "Let us be kind, one to another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle." -- Ian MacLaren _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
