On 07/07/2010 11:01 AM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > Hi Tom: > > --- On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway > <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | It means that you cannot take a library which is under TOSL and combine > | it with files under the GPL, as the result is incompatible. > | > | LGPLv2+ is generally considered to be compatible with most licenses, I > | doubt there is any problem with this combination. > \-- > > Upstream is now willing to release their software, Teal, with a > LGPLv2+ license. They want to know if them sending an e-mail is > sufficient for us to package the same for Fedora, or anything else is > required? Nope, that's fine. Just include a copy of the email where they give permission for use under the LGPLv2+ terms as a Source file in the Teal package, and include it as %doc. > I suggested that it will good if they could mention and include the > LGPLv2+ license information in the source code. If they do this, you do not need to include their email in the package. ~spot _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
