On Thursday, 10 October 2019 at 00:10, Richard Fontana wrote: > On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 7:04 PM Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski > <dominik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thursday, 03 October 2019 at 14:46, Matthew Miller wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 12:05:05AM +0200, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote: > > > > here's another bundled component of AGS[1], libcda, which contains > > > > code from BCD, which is licensed under what it calls "swap-ware" > > > > > > Legal issues asside, I think this becomes untenable. What if a Fedora > > > install image had, say, twelve such pieces of software. That's quite a list > > > of autoexec.bats to email to various places. > > > > I agree, but the legal issue is what allows me to or prevents me from > > packaging this code in Fedora. Any ideas if this is free or non-free? > > > > The package was reviewed[1], but I don't feel comfortable uploading the > > tarball into the look-aside cache without an OK from legal. > > Hi, is the license you're talking about this one? > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/BPZ6QVXPY2A4PYBH5GSM5J6DQZO7BTOC/ Yes. > Clearly not a free software license IMO. I suspected as much. Removing the files from upstream tarball before uploading to Fedora look-aside cache is the only option for now, correct? Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPM Fusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
