On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To get python-docutils building with python-3.2 I've upgraded the F15 and > Rawhide versions to a snapshot of 0.8. ÂUnfortunately, this version brings > in new code that's licensed under the Apache license. ÂThis would change the > license from "Public Domain and MIT and Python and GPLv2" to "Public Domain > and MIT and Python and Apache and GPLv3+". > > The ramification that I can see from this would be that code that makes use > of python-docutils (note, not invoking its functionality via the commandline > tools it ships, just using it as a library) potentially won't be able to use > the GPLv2 as a legal license anymore. ÂConverting to GPLv3 (or GPLv3+) would > be okay. > > I've opened a bug upstream to see if upstream would be willing to change the > license on this subset of code so that we can continue to use it under the > old license terms: > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3304675&group_id=38414&atid=422030 > It's looking like upstream intends for this license change to take effect. I'll be talking to spot this week about just what this change would mean for projects that make use of docutils and will pass along some sort of guide on what packages will have to change to an apache-compatible license afterwards. -Toshio -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
