On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 07:47:48PM +0200, Christian Dersch wrote: > On 06/17/2017 07:41 PM, Christian Dersch wrote: > > On 06/17/2017 07:33 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 10:45:54AM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > >>> Björn 'besser82' Esser wrote: > >>> > >>>> Am 16.06.2017 um 22:52 schrieb Artur Iwicki: > >>>>> I took a shot at packaging the game and it went rather smoothly. The only > >>>>> issue I have is that the level packs don't really have a licence; the > >>>>> only copyright info is a line at the end of the readme, stating: "This > >>>>> package [...] may be distributed freely, as long as its contents are left > >>>>> intact and unmodified." > >>>>> > >>>>> Is that enough for Fedora, and if yes - what should the License tag for > >>>>> the package say? > >>>> I'd apply the 'firmware guidelines' [1] here: > >>>> > >>>> > The License tag for any firmware that disallows modification must be > >>>> set to: "Redistributable, no modification permitted" > >>> That licensing exception applies *only* to firmware, and I'm pretty sure the > >>> content in question here cannot be argued to be firmware (please correct me > >>> if I'm wrong). > >> The guidelines say (in the section about shareware, but I think that's just poor > >> editing, because there's nothing specific to shareware in the reasoning): > >> > >> However, it is worth noting that some non-executable content > >> exists that is required to make Open Source applications > >> functional. An example of this would be open sourced game engines, > >> such as Doom, Heretic, and Descent. These game engines come with > >> freely distributable [...] gamedata files. > >> > >> In this case, the gamedata files can be packaged and included in > >> Fedora, as long as the files meet the requirements for binary > >> firmware. > >> > >> ... and the requirements for firmware are: non-executable, not > >> libraries, standalone, "available under an acceptable firmware > >> license, which is included with the files in the packaging" and > >> "necessary for the functionality of open source code being included in > >> Fedora [...] where no other reliable and supported mechanisms > >> exist.". I think the game data satisfies those requirements. > >> > > I agree with Björn and Rex here and think it is now allowed. We even had > > such cases in the past where packages (also game with nonfree data) had > > to be removed. If in doubt: Better ask Fedora Legal about this, they can > > give a statement on this. Either ask on their mailing list or add the > > review request bug here https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=FE-Legal > > > Only agree with Rex of course, misread indentation here… > > Legal wiki page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Main OK, I tagged https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462412 as blocking FE-Legal. Let's see what they say. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
