On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 8:58 AM Petr Menšík <pemensik@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi!
I own htdig package, which got recently discovered license issue with
bundled libdb version ~3.x [1]. I think the only reason it is still in
Fedora is that just compiled for years back. I doubt anyone is using it
at the moment and I have never used it myself. I just inherited it when
joined Red Hat and just once fixed FTBFS bug, otherwise there weren't
been any feedback to it for years.
It uses undeclared libdb copy with Sleepycat license, which were
declared incompatible for Fedora [2].
Just to clarify, the true Sleepycat License (while problematic by design) has always been allowed for Fedora. The bundled libdb in htdig is under a modification of the Sleepycat license that imposes use restrictions and is non-FOSS (in the relevant fedora-license-data issue I describe it as a "monstrosity").
Richard
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