On 08/08/2012 08:22 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 12:43 -0400, Tom Callaway wrote: >> 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. > > > > Following up on this further, I just discovered that the package > python-webassets is bundling jsmin (complete with unacceptable license) > in Fedora. > See /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webassets/filter/jsmin/jsmin.py in > python-webassets-0.7-1.fc17.noarch > > I assume this is cause for alarm. Yep. Please open a bug and block FE-Legal. ~tom == Fedora Project _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
