On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 5:07 PM Richard Fontana <rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 3:34 PM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Python PEPs are licensed as: > > > > > This document is placed in the public domain or under the CC0-1.0-Universal > > > license, whichever is more permissive. > > > > How do I express this statement in a license field of a Fedora package, if the > > package includes a copy of the PEP text? > > > > Do I use: > > > > License: CC0-1.0 > > > > because "Public Domain" is discouraged? > > > > Or do I use: > > > > License: LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain > > > > because Public Domain is more permissive? > > > > Or do I use: > > > > License: LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain OR CC0-1.0 > > > > because the "whichever is more permissive" clause is to be determined by > > whoever wants to distribute/modify this and not by me? > > > > Or do I use something different entirely? > > Offhand, I'm not sure - please submit an issue for fedora-license-data > as though it were a new license, since the answer might be that we > should treat this as a single license. The thing that's very odd is > the "whichever is more permissive" since it's hard to see how anyone > could really determine that. I wonder if it should be taken as a > normal disjunctive dual license, just badly phrased. > > > Now suppose I have *a script* licensed like this. Do I make different choices > > because CC0-1.0 is not allowed for code? > > Possibly. > > I think the Fedora perspective ought to be that CC0 *is* less > permissive than traditional public domain dedications. For those who are curious, here's the origin of this odd form of licensing: :) https://github.com/python/peps/issues/123#issuecomment-508236985 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
