On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 06:58:39AM -0600, Rex Dieter wrote: > Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 07:39:31PM +0000, Ankur Sinha wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 12:56:37 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote: > >> > Christian Glombek wrote: > >> > > >> > > This is an interesting question and I would like to back the idea of > >> > > making this available on COPR. > >> > > My 2 cents: > >> > > The package *itself* complies to COPR's licensing guidelines, making > >> > > it eligible for distribution via that service, while the runtime > >> > > dependency of MatLAB makes it an uneligible candidate for the > >> > > official Fedora Repos > >> > > >> > https://docs.pagure.org/copr.copr/user_documentation.html#what-i-can-build-in-copr > >> > > >> > "You agree not to use Copr to upload software code or other material > >> > (“Material”) that: > >> > ... > >> > violates any rules or guidelines of the Fedora Project; > >> > " > >> > >> Surely that's not meant to be interpreted as "your packages must follow > >> the Fedora packaging guidelines", for if it is, packages in COPR will > >> need review too. > > > > That's my understanding too, since that would make copr semi-pointless. > > But strictly speaking the text "any rules or guidelines", which, when > > interpreted literally, includes the packaging guidelines. > > > > I fired off a question to legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. > > This is a policy decision (for fesco), not a legal one, imho. It's a two-level decision: if legal says "no", then we don't have much choice. If legal says "ok", fesco could still say "no". But I don't see any reason for fesco to do this. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
