On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 07:51, Otto Urpelainen <oturpe@xxxxxx> wrote: > > I asked this question a while ago on the packaging mailing list [0], but > did not receive any replies. Let me try again here on devel with more > subscribers: > > During the package review of qvge [1], the following question came up: > Are the any requirements placed on the contents of AppStream metadata, > particularly the field project_license [2]? It feels natural that is > MUST be the same (modulo differences in notation) as specfile License, > since both have the same meaning. However, I cannot find anything in > Licensing Guidelines about this. Recently, I added metadata to one of my packages per user request. I didn't find any clear guidelines either. I also think that is should be the same as the specfile license, and that's what I did. > In my experience, this comes up quite often, since upstreams often have > bundled dependencies or other copy-pasted code with different license > than upstream's own code, yet AppStream metadata, LICENSE file, README > and so only list upstream's own license. > > [0]: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/HMDNWXRVTW37E5TOY6SU2BJ24KFJNZLY/ > [1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1913870 > [2]: > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html#tag-project_license > > Otto > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-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/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure -- Iñaki Úcar _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-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/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
