Hey, Ben Beasley <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Although I haven’t signed up to do the official review, I was looking > at python-meshio[1], and I found that it contains a function > substantially derived from a StackOverflow answer[2]. While I’m > impressed that upstream cared enough to give credit, this leaves me > with a question. > > Normally I would suggest that, to be strictly correct, the license of > the copied-and-modified snippet should be added to the package’s > License expression. But all answers on StackOverflow are, depending on > when they are posted[3], licensed CC-BY-SA-2.5, CC-BY-SA-3.0, or > CC-BY-SA-4.0. In this case, the applicable license is CC-BY-SA-3.0[4]. > > All of these licenses are listed as allowed in Fedora for content, but > not for code. Strictly speaking, then, this appears to be code under a > not-allowed-for-code license. At the same time, it is hard to believe > that prohibiting packages containing snippets from StackOverflow would > be an intended outcome. > > Since code copied or heavily inspired by StackOverflow answers is > extremely widespread, and the only thing that is perhaps unusual here > is that proper attribution is present, I’m curious how cases like this > *ought* to be handled. I had a similar question and got some specific advice at: https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/issues/104 I think this is the relevant bit for your question: """ I do not think Fedora should take any position on the presence of a SO-referencing snippet that doesn't refer to CC BY-SA (except maybe in some extreme case). ... If you encounter other cases [in code] where there's a reference to SO along with a reference to CC BY-SA, let us know. """ 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
