Re: New license for distribution: LibRaw license

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On 07/05/2010 02:10 AM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am packaging LibRaw (http://libraw.org) which is needed as a
> dependency for Shotwell 0.6.1. The library is distributed under 3
> licenses:
> 
>     * LGPL 2.1
>     * CDDL 1.0
>     * LibRaw Software License (27 March 2010 version)
> 
> The license text is here:
> 
> http://www.libraw.org/data/LICENSE.LibRaw.pdf
> 
> It seems like a commercial use license and is probably not a Free
> one. I am required to mention the license in my spec file for
> packaging, but it is not in the list below:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Software_License_List
> 
> Could someone tell me how to proceed? Can this license be added to the
> list of licenses above?

Simply omit it, as it is not a valid Free license. In Fedora, we will be
distributing libraw only under the terms of LGPLv2.1 or CDDL.

~spot
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