Cross-posting this to the devel list. On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 11:41 PM Maxwell G <gotmax@e.email> wrote: > > Hi Legal folks, > > Can you please consider removing the following rule? > > > Fedora package maintainers are expected to announce upstream license > > changes that they become aware of on the Fedora devel list. > > -- https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/license-review-process/#_what_if_the_license_for_a_fedora_package_changes > > This creates unnecessary friction for packagers that simply wish to have > correct License fields. I'm also not sure what purposes it serves. > Richard explicitly said that Fedora does not concern itself with > cross-package license compatibility. That's typically been the case, yes (and for other Linux distributions too). > And even if it did, a "GPLv3+" to > "GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT" license change shouldn't cause any new > license compatibility issues. I am inclined to agree with Maxwell here. I'm guessing this expectation must have originated pretty early on and mainly out of concerns about identifying cross-package license incompatibility situations (I can't really see what other practical purpose the announcement would serve). While Fedora package maintainers need to be on alert to any upstream license changes, I think this rule is sort of out of step with how such upstream license changes may often occur and is also out of step with how we are now focusing somewhat more closely on the details of upstream source code licensing. However, maybe there is some benefit to this announcement rule I am not seeing. Has an announcement of an upstream license change on the devel list (assuming the license change is to some other license known to be allowed in Fedora) ever led to some action on the part of maintainers of other packages? 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, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
