Hi Richard, Sorry to bother you, but any advice on this? Omair Majid <omajid@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am trying to package .NET 7 in Fedora: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2142178 > > (This is a new package, though it's "just" an updated version of the .NET > 6 package that we already include in Fedora.) > > The reviewer has helped identify that the source code archive includes a > few files that include notes about Creative Commons. I am looking on > advice on how to handle it. > > I found basically these 7 non-content files that have a pointer to > creativecommons.org: > > https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/main/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Random.Xoshiro128StarStarImpl.cs > https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/main/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Random.Xoshiro256StarStarImpl.cs > > These two files have an MIT license header in addition to the comment > that the code is based on an algorithm originally licensed under CC0. > These files are a critical part of .NET that we absolutely need to build > and include in Fedora. > > Can I ignore the comment about CC0 because of the MIT license header in > the file? Is it safe to treat these files as under MIT only? If not, > what are my options to handle this piece of code? Can I simply say this file is under both MIT and CC0 and the implied patent clauses in MIT are good enough to serve as an exception to the general no-CC0 usage policy in Fedora? > https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/tree/main/tests/benchmarks/CompiledCodeBenchmarks/TaskPerf/TaskPerf/TaskBuilder.fs > https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/tree/main/tests/FSharp.Core.UnitTests/FSharp.Core/Microsoft.FSharp.Control/Tasks.fs > https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/tree/main/tests/FSharp.Core.UnitTests/FSharp.Core/Microsoft.FSharp.Control/TasksDynamic.fs > > These 3 don't have an MIT or Apache header. Only a Creative Commons > header. > > Given that these files are benchmarks and unit tests that we don't run > during the build, I suppose I can just delete these files? Do I need to > delete them from the source archive or can I delete them in %prep? > > Are other/easier options on the table here? > > https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/main/src/mono/mono/utils/dlmalloc.c > https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/main/src/mono/mono/utils/dlmalloc.h > > These are under CC-PDDC and hence acceptable without any issues, right? > > It looks like newer versions of dlmalloc use CC0 and so are unacceptable > to Fedora? Is there any guidance I can share with .NET upstream in terms > of the impact of eventually switching to the newer version of dlmalloc? Thanks, Omair -- PGP Key: B157A9F0 (http://pgp.mit.edu/) Fingerprint = 9DB5 2F0B FD3E C239 E108 E7BD DF99 7AF8 B157 A9F0 _______________________________________________ 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
