On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 00:31 +0900, Mamoru Tasaka wrote: > Hello. > > I am trying to look at webmin review request (bug 468570) > because this is the second package the reporter (and my sponsornee) > submitted. Then: > > webmin 1.430 has "PATENTS" file which contains: > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mutual Termination for Patent Action. The License for the use of Webmin shall > terminate automatically and You may no longer exercise any of the rights granted > to You by this License if: > > 1. You file a lawsuit in any court alleging that any software that is licensed > under this license infringes any patent claims that are essential to use > that software. > > 2. You file a lawsuit in any court alleging that any OSI Certified open source > software that is licensed under any license containing a "Mutual Termination > for Patent Action" clause infringes any patent claims that are essential to use > that software. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Can we treat this as one of the "licenses"? If so, I would appreciate it > if this "license" is named if this is free and want to know if this is > compatible with GPLv3 (perhaps this is not compatible with GPLv2). This is not a separate license, rather, it is an additional clause for the webmin license (which is otherwise BSD). This additional clause makes the webmin license GPLv2 and GPLv3 incompatible. Since webmin is a web application, there should not be any real concern as a result of this incompatibility (aside from code copying), but I will need to add a new entry to the Licensing table for webmin. Use: License: Webmin ~spot _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list