Thanks for the clarifications. I understand better now where&how my package is not compliant... > In any case, the SWF will be replaced with an HTML5 alternative in the next upstream release. >>That is great! Do you have a timeframe for that? Or could a backport be done to hurry this along? It'll be at least another 4-5 months before another upstream release is available. Regards, Johan -----Original Message----- From: Toshio Kuratomi [mailto:a.badger@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 5:26 PM To: Johan De Taeye Cc: T.C. Hollingsworth; Development discussions related to Fedora; bugzilla-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ckeditor-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; django-typepad-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; dojo-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; evas-generic-loaders-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; frepple-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gallery2-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; glpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gnash-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; graphite-web-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; hop-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; lastuser-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; loggerhead-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mlt-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mojomojo-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; moodle-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mythweb-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; owncloud-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; php-ezc-Graph-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; phpMyAdmin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; php-simplepie-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; python-django-ckeditor-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; python-django-tinymce-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; python-docutils-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; python-nevow-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; roundcubemail-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; swftools-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; texlive-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; tinymce-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; wordpress-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; wt-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; wxPython-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; yourls-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; zabbix-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Bundled Flash On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 09:09:09AM +0200, Johan De Taeye wrote: > T.C., > > >>Please remove this prohibited content from your packages, or ensure > >>that any included .swf files are built from source using a free > >>software toolchain like `swfc` during the %build phase. > > The single SWF file in the frepple package is redistributed from > "fusioncharts free": > > http://www.fusioncharts.com/goodies/fusioncharts-free/product-licensin > g/ This is also recognized in the "authors" file of the frepple > package, which lists all third party components that redistributed. > > In this context, I plead "unguilty"... I don't see this redistributed > SWF as inappropriate or prohibited. > * Fedora aims to be self-hosting and to comply with the spirit of freedom 1 of the free software definition [1]_ which requires source code access. Everything that we produce needs to be built from source in the Fedora package to satisfy these requirements. * Fedora also has rules about not bundling code from other upstreams into a package. These rules have just been updated to include web assets (javascript, flash, css, common images would all fall under this). fusioncharts free (as well as the jquery libraries and potentially some of the other things in the AUTHORS file) should likely be packaged in its own package for this reason. The build-from-source is an old requirement so none of these packages should be violating them. They should have been caught at review time. The bundling of web assets is a new requirement. For most (but not all) new requirements, FPC typically allows maintainers to fix their existing packages over the course of their normal updates. If someone goes through the trouble to file bugs about this, the bugs should be fixed promptly (as is the case for any filed bug). Packages under review must begin following these guidelines at once. For this guideline, there will also need to be a large number of new packages to cover the javascript libraries that various upstreams are currently bundling. > In any case, the SWF will be replaced with an HTML5 alternative in the > next upstream release. > That is great! Do you have a timeframe for that? Or could a backport be done to hurry this along? .. [1]_: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html -Toshio -- Fedora Extras Perl SIG http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SIGs/Perl perl-devel mailing list perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/perl-devel
