[Bug 458974] Review Request: OpenCASCADE Community Edition

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458974

Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> changed:

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             Blocks|182235 (FE-Legal)           |



--- Comment #34 from Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> ---
(In reply to John Morris from comment #32)
> The license is LGPLv2.1, with a special exception [1].  Setting blocks
> FE_LEGAL to double-check the License: tag.  (Please see below, and comment
> 25 above.)
> 
> Since the OCCT license is unacceptable to Fedora, does the exception have
> any additional meaning as far as what software it may be combined with, or
> should this software simply be treated as LGPLv2.1 as far as Fedora
> packaging is concerned?  Should the License: tag read just "LGPLv2" or
> "LGPLv2 with exceptions"?

LGPLv2 with exceptions. This exception is the old QT exception wording from
when they were LGPLv2.

> There is a promising project to create a CAM module for FreeCAD.  They are
> considering combining some GPLv3 libraries.  Doing so would violate this
> software license, correct?

No, because LGPLv2 permits conversion to GPLv2+. 

Lifting FE-Legal.


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=182235
[Bug 182235] Fedora Legal Tracker
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