Ping -- does anyone have an opinion on the following issue? On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 10:31 +0100, Nils Philippsen wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm thinking about wrapping up ExtJS (a JavaScript framework, > http://extjs.com) for TurboGears and wondered if the license conditions > are okay for it to be included in Fedora. Note that there are two stable > versions, v1.1 and v2.0, which are partly incompatible and there is code > that won't work with the newer one. > > Basically it sounds to me like "LGPLv3 for the JavaScript code, other > assets (graphics, style sheets) may only be shipped with these > components" which seems to be what we allow for e.g. games where artwork > often has a restrictive license, but anyway here are the relevant bits > from LICENSE.txt in the relevant ZIP archive: > > --- 8< --- ExtJS v1.1.1 ------- > http://extjs.com/license > > The CSS and Graphics ("Assets") distributed with Ext are licensed for > use ONLY with their associated Ext JavaScript component ("Component"). > Use of the Assets in any way that does not also include the Component is > prohibited without explicit permission from Ext JS, LLC. Deriving > images and CSS from the Assets in an effort to bypass this license is > also prohibited. > > -- > > The JavaScript code distributed with Ext (the "Software") is licensed > under the Lesser GNU (LGPL) open source license version 3.0. > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html > > If you are using this library for commercial purposes, we encourage you > to purchase a commercial license. Please visit http://extjs.com/license > for more details. > > This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > Lesser General Public License for more details. > --- >8 ----------------------- > > --- 8< --- ExtJS v2.0.1 ------ > http://extjs.com/license > > > License of CSS and Graphics ("Assets") > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Assets distributed with Ext are licensed for use ONLY with their > associated Ext JavaScript component ("Component"). Use of the Assets in > any way that does not also include the Component is prohibited without > explicit permission from Ext JS, LLC. Deriving images and CSS from the > Assets in an effort to bypass this license is also prohibited. > > > Open Source License > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Ext is also licensed under the terms of the Open Source LGPL 3.0 > license. You may use our open source license if you: > * Want to use Ext in an open source project that precludes using > non-open source software > * Plan to use Ext in a personal, educational or non-profit manner > * Are using Ext in a commercial application that is not a software > development library or toolkit, you will meet LGPL requirements and you > do not wish to support the project > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html > [...] > -- > > This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > Lesser General Public License for more details. > --- >8 --------------------- Thanks, Nils -- Nils Philippsen / Red Hat / nphilipp@xxxxxxxxxx "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759 PGP fingerprint: C4A8 9474 5C4C ADE3 2B8F 656D 47D8 9B65 6951 3011 _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
