Re: Qt package licenses

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On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 6:36 PM Jerry James <loganjerry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 2:57 PM Jerry James <loganjerry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'm doing a review of a MinGW build of a Qt 6 package:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2009214
> >
> > During the license check portion of the review, I have become
> > increasingly convinced that our qt5-* and qt6-* packages have
> > incorrect License fields.  Currently they have "LGPLv2 with exceptions
> > or GPLv3 with exceptions".  I believe that most or all of them should
> > have one of these two instead:
> >
> > - LGPLv3 or GPLv2+
> > - LGPLv3 or GPLv2+ with exceptions
> >
> > Could one or two of you license-minded people read through the
> > comments on that bug and indicate whether you think the analysis is
> > correct or not, please?
>
> Nine days later, I've had no takers, even after sending this message
> to fedora-legal-list.  I'll ask again.  Would one or two individuals
> interested in seeing that our packages have correct license tags
> please read through my analysis and see if you agree or disagree?  One
> of the maintainers of the Qt packages would be ideal.  Thank you,

The only exception I'm aware of is the KDE Free Qt exception:
https://kde.org/community/whatiskde/kdefreeqtfoundation/

This exception governs how the license is actually governed, rather
than how it's executed, though I believe that's where the current
license stanza comes from.



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