On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 11:28:23AM -0500, Randy Barlow wrote: > Hello! > > Remi Collet noted in a package review[0] I submitted that there is some > unclear wording about the licensing of the package. The readme[1] says: > > > It was previously stated that this package is on MIT license, which > > did not meet the requirements set by the original author. It is now > > under the GNU GPL v3 license, so if you wish to use it in a > > commercial project, you need to pay an appropriate fee. > > The pchart.net license page[2] says even more, but also has a slight > contradiction I think: > > > The pChart library is released under two different licenses. If your > > application is not a commercial one (eg: you make no money by > > redistributing it) then the GNU GPLv3 license (General Public > > License) applies. This license allows you to freely integrate this > > library in your applications, modify the code and redistribute it in > > bundled packages as long as your application is also distributed with > > the GPL license. > > > > If your application can't meet the GPL license or is a commercial one > > (eg: the library is integrated in a software or an appliance you're > > selling) then you'll have to buy a commercial license. With this > > license you don't need to make publicly available your application > > code under the GPL license terms. > > The slight contradiction I referenced is the "if you can't meet the > GPL" bit. The first paragraph specifically cites making money by > redistributing, but the second paragraph sounds like they think it's OK > if you follow the GPL terms. It's confusing. I think Remi is right to > say that we need to get clarification before we can add this package to > Fedora. I think this package cannot be added to Fedora because of the statements made by the pChart author suggesting that commercial use is not permitted. Richard _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
