On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 11:54 AM David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 02:12:04PM +0200, Zdenek Dohnal wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I'm trying to package lprint https://github.com/michaelrsweet/lprint > >which has Apache Software License 2.0 with exceptions for GPLv2 and LGPLv2. > > > >CUPS has a similar license and it was marked as fine for Fedora in this > >thread [1] . > > > >Unfortunately, there isn't a valid short name for 'ASL 2.0 with > >exceptions' at [2] - would it be possible to add the short name into the > >table or should I just use simple 'ASL 2.0'? > > > >Thank you in advance and have a nice day, > > > >Zdenek > > > > > >[1] > >https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/TYGLR34XR6L6MAXMVSDNYT3ZYXUKY7FX/#NEQDL6V4RBRQTPI3YYBSZH5CTZG257F2 > > > >[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main#Good_Licenses > > The interesting thing to me here is that LLVM carries this license and > exception. It uses the Apache 2.0 license with a GPLv2 exception. But the > llvm package in Fedora says 'NCSA' for the License tag. > > I think the llvm package might be wrong in Fedora. LLVM was formerly licensed, or mostly licensed, under the NCSA license. As of some recent version it switched to the Apache License 2.0 plus that exception. > Going with SPDX syntax, the way they define Apache 2.0 with the GPLv2 > exception (as given as an example in llvm) is: > > Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception > > https://spdx.org/licenses/LLVM-exception.html > > To fit the Fedora naming syntax, we probably need "ASL 2.0 with exceptions" > added to the list of approved licenses. Or perhaps using the SPDX notation instead, at least for the exception part? Richard -- Richard Fontana Senior Commercial Counsel Red Hat, Inc. +1 212 689-4350 rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ 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
