On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 9:52 PM Justin Zobel <justin.zobel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thank you for these insights. Are you able to provide a link to the RHEL review of ODbL for the Fedora license team to refer to in their review process? Unfortunately in this case there really isn't anything to link to apart from a snarky comment by me about how lengthy the license is :-) Richard > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 11:52 AM Richard Fontana <rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 6:49 PM Justin Zobel <justin.zobel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Team, >> > >> > I've just begun packaging for Fedora and of course, I happen to choose one with a license that needs querying. >> > >> > The Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) is for database usage in the kpublictransport KDE library. It is used for access to OpenStreetMap via the KTrip application designed to aid users in navigating via public transport. >> > >> > From the OpenStreetMap Copyright page on their website: >> > OpenStreetMap® is open data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF). >> > >> > Open Database License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ >> > Open Street Map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright >> > KDE Source Repository: https://invent.kde.org/libraries/kpublictransport/ >> > Fedora Source Repository: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kpublictransport/ >> > >> > I would like to know if this license is acceptable to Fedora. >> >> This is somewhat interesting as it is the first case I can think of >> where a license that Red Hat has specifically reviewed internally for >> inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux has at a later time come up for >> a decision in Fedora. >> >> We actually approved ODBL for RHEL last year, and I think if we had >> our contemplated merging of RHEL license review and Fedora license >> review in place, it would just end up on the "good" list, but given >> that the new process is not yet established it would probably be a >> good idea to do another review now that it has come up for Fedora. >> >> Richard >> _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
