On 08/07/2012 11:16 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 10:44 -0400, Tom Callaway wrote: >> On 08/07/2012 07:38 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: >>> I don't recognize the text of this license in a piece of software I need >>> to package as a dependency. The license listed on PyPi is "Freeware" >>> which doesn't seem right (and isn't a valid option anyway) but the >>> actual license text looks more permissive, except for the bit about "The >>> Software shall be used for Good, not Evil." That clause looks like it >>> might cause us some trouble... >>> >>> Can I get a legal opinion? (The complete sources of the utility are >>> attached, including the license text in question). >>> >>> I'm also going to contact upstream to see if I can get a license >>> clarification. >> >> As several other people have noted, this is the infamous jsmin license. >> The upstream jsmin author takes a perverse pleasure in people ramming >> headfirst into this nonsensical clause, and has repeatedly stated that >> he will not remove it or reword it in such a way to resolve the issues >> it causes. >> >> http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code has some of the >> backstory. > > > Thanks, this is useful to hear. It was exactly the JSMin package I was > trying to deal with. That's most unfortunate. I'll contact the Review > Board upstream and let them know that their dependency on this package > will get them into trouble. I believe that v8 has a re-implementation of jsmin from scratch to work around this issue, it may be useful as a replacement. ~tom == Fedora Project _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
