On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 07:33 +0100, Andy Green wrote: > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > > >> sort of automatic file checking would help flag problems. > > In trivial cases such as the GPLv3 change, it could help. > > > > In cases of packages changing from FOO-license v1.283 to BAR-license > > v32.100 it doesn't. > > Wouldn't it notice the deletion of the FOO-license file at least though > and flag it up? If there is any, may-be - If there isn't any, no. Also consider: Detached license files are legally questionable/doubtful. What matters is the license inlined or referenced by each files. Non copyright owner added licenses are even more questionable. > At least then someone someone == Jef Spaleta or other people from the Board > > In cases of packages pointing to web-sites, it > > Yes I guess so, although it could wget the URL periodically and hash > that (assuming there are no "today's date" and crud on the page) Feel free to do so ... Feel free to do so if these URLs change or vanish ;) > >> Granted its > >> not going to work for all packages, but it might help a lot in the > >> specific case of entire project codebases transitioning to gpl3 from a > >> previous license. > > If you think so, I disagree. You are driving away contributors from > > fedora, by imposing more and more bureaucracy. If you really want this > > The automated technique is a small burden if it works for most packages. We already _have_ way too much bureaucracy in Fedora. > Since care is taken about the license to get it into Fedora it is > consistent to take some care about the license after it is in... and > with fun things like "or later" now... Feel free to do so - Without me. Shall the "Board" (Whatever board-de-jour we might be talking about) and the dark forces surrounding it inside of RH do so - Without me - Period. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
