Vitaly Zaitsev via devel wrote:
> On 10/11/2021 16:33, Lyes Saadi wrote:
>> I could even imagine someone creating a repo (not in COPR hopefully, due
>> to legal issues) replacing in proprietary apps like Discord (or Slack
>> which happens to be relevant to other discussions here) the bundled
>> electron with Fedora's making things like Desktop sharing (not sure if
>> it requires more changes) and Wayland working natively, packaged in a
>> convenient RPM, a bit like what is currently available in the AUR.
>
> Proprietary apps don't allow patching of their code. Recently discussed
> in #flatpak:matrix.org.
You would not actually be patching the proprietary code, but the bundled
Electron. Considering that essential parts of libchromiumcontent (the Blink
code derived from WebKit, itself derived from KHTML) are under the LGPL, the
proprietary applications are actually *required* to allow you to replace the
LGPL library with a modified and/or updated version. If they attempt to sue
you for it, *they* are violating the LGPL license of WebKit. (You will
probably also be able to find some KDE developers whose LGPLed KHTML code
ended up in Blink and who may be more willing to cooperate with you in the
case of a lawsuit than Google or Apple.)
Kevin Kofler
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