Thanks Richard, I will follow that link and go through the right channels. And yes, in many places, we have some GE/Honeywell code or documentation (which is Multics licensed) in a comment block, for example describing a particular CPU function or instruction, and then the actual (original) implementation following it. While we *could* replace (hundreds) of these comments with text like "see manual AL39 Pg.125-127 and Fig B Pg.122", but that would make large portions of the code much less readable and much less useful overall. See https://dps8m.gitlab.io/dps8m/master/global/S/45.html#L502 or https://dps8m.gitlab.io/dps8m/master/global/S/37.html#L4587 for a few examples. -- Jeffrey H. Johnson trnsz@xxxxxxxxx On Sat, Jan 13, 2024, at 7:39 PM, Richard Fontana wrote: > 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 -- _______________________________________________ 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
