On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 5:01 PM Jeff Johnson <trnsz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Greetings, > > In hopes of eventually packaging DPS8M (https://dps8m.gitlab.io), the 36‑bit GE Large Systems / Honeywell / Bull 600/6000‑series mainframe computer simulator (and the associated Multics operating system files), I'd like to request that some license details be reviewed by the Fedora project. > > Of the source code licenses used, only the Multics License is not currently listed as allowed for Fedora. The Multics License is an OSI approved open source license (and a Blue Oak Council Certified permissive license). See https://opensource.org/license/multics-txt/ for details. > > As an aside, the use of the Multics license in DPS8M might be unique amongst software distributed by Fedora, if DPS8M would eventually be packaged. The Multics License covers **only** some of the simulator’s source code comments, and is **not** applicable to compiled object code or binary distributions of the simulator, so the compiled packages would be allowed in Fedora, but not the source code, which would be a weird Catch-22 indeed. To be sure I understand: you're saying that in this particular case, the Multics license only covers *comments* (in the sense that, other, non-comment elements of the source code of the simulator are covered by other [Fedora-allowed] licenses)? The license itself looks like it would be allowed (it's another example of a legacy permissive license in the HPND family) but we don't formally review and approve licenses on this list. You have to follow the process described here: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/license-review-process/ > In addition, I'd like to request that the CF-GAL ([Copyfree] General Attribution License) be allowed as a content and documentation license. See https://gitlab.com/dps8m/dps8m/-/blob/master/LICENSES/LicenseRef-CF-GAL.txt for the license text. This license originates from https://copyfree.org/content/standard/licenses/gal/license.txt, and is a variant of the SAL (https://copyfree.org/content/standard/licenses/sal/license.txt) which is not specific to software, and is similar to the already allowed zlib license. This license covers the use of certain logos, artwork, and documentation. This also looks like it would probably be allowed, but again you have to follow the documented process for review of new licenses. 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
