Re: Request for adding licenses from Vim into allowed licenses

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On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 4:03 AM Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Ignoring the 'or later' issue, this license (SPDX: OPUBL-1.0) is
> > generally classified as "not allowed" with a usage note that says
> > it is allowed for documentation "if the copyright holder does not
> > exercise any of the “LICENSE OPTIONS” listed in Section VI".
> > https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/blob/main/data/OPUBL-1.0.toml
> > (I think we did it this way because under our new system prohibiting
> > it by default while stating an exception was the most convenient way
> > to express the policy, which has been in place in Fedora for at least
> > ~15 years.)
>
> Ok, Vim has it for its documentation and 'grep' didn't see any sentences
> which should be in the source if upstream exercises license options, so
> IMO we're clear.
>
> So I will add the license to the license tag and add a comment that it
> is for documentation and upstream does not use any license options.
> Sounds ok?

Sorry, I think I missed this part of your reply. Yes, that sounds OK!

Richard
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