On 05/14/2012 10:32 AM, Simone Caronni wrote: > Thanks! > > To better understand; in similar cases, how do I know that I can't > link with GPL? > > The fact that both "GPLv3 Compat?" and "GPLv2 Compat?" columns have > their value to "NO" in the CDDL or BSD Protection line can be a clear > indication of that? Yes. CDDL is considered to be GPLv2 and GPLv3 incompatible, so cases of direct linking or code copying between GPLv2|GPLv3 and CDDL code result in a pile of incompatible licenses (and effectively undistributable) results, so they are not permitted in Fedora. cdrtools is a particularly egregious case, which is why I added it to the Forbidden Items list. (To be clear, CDDL-only works that do not depend upon or link to GPL code are okay for Fedora, even if I personally think the CDDL license is a terrible choice.) ~tom == Fedora Project -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
