On 01/29/2012 03:00 PM, Haïkel Guémar wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed that many wrappers over libmysqlclient are distributed under > BSD 3c (or alike): > * dolphin-connector: BSD 3c > * soci-mysql: Boost > * poco-mysql: Boost > > Though, the FOSS exception[1] applies, it may mislead users into > thinking that they can link proprietary softwares to these wrappers > though the FOSS exception states that all derivatives works should be > licensed under one of the approved licenses. > Should we request that the following packages changes their license > field into GPLv2 ? or at least state somewhere (description, > README.fedora ?) that any derivatives works are to be licensed under a > FOSS approved license ? IMHO, it is inappropriate for Fedora to be providing legal advice (or pseudo-legal advice) to end users on such topics, especially in areas where neither Fedora or Red Hat is a copyright holder of consequence. Let MySQL^WSun^WOracle worry about license infringers. ~tom == Fedora Project _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
