https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2009214 --- Comment #8 from Jerry James <loganjerry@xxxxxxxxx> --- The Qt 6 Licensing page (https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/licensing.html) mentions the commercial license, LGPL version 3, and GPL version 3. It doesn't say anything about version 2 of either license, does not use the "any later version" language, and does not mention a license exception. The general Qt Licensing page (https://www.qt.io/licensing/) mentions the GPL (without mentioning a version) and the LGPL version 3. It does not use the "any later version" language, nor does it mention a license exception. It points to the module information page (https://www.qt.io/product/features) to determine which modules are available under which licenses. The "License Models" pulldown on the left-hand side of the module information page lists these choices: - Commercial - LGPL v3 - GPL v3 - GPL v2 - Marketplace LA - CMake LA However, "Qt Location" does not appear on this page. The Qt page on open source obligations (https://www.qt.io/licensing/open-source-lgpl-obligations) mentions exceptions to the LGPL, but it doesn't mean exceptions in the way it is used in the RPM spec License field. Rather, it means parts of the Qt distribution that are distributed under another license (BSD or GFDL) instead of LGPL. I have seen no reference anywhere on any Qt page to an exception to the LGPL in the RPM sense. Some of the modules explicitly refer to The Qt Company GPL Exception 1.0. Those that I have found so far (e.g., https://doc.qt.io/qbs/attributions.html) explicitly identify the files in the module to which the exception applies. In the case of Qt Location, the only files explicitly marked in this way are those under "config.tests" and "tests", which are not part of the binary RPM. There is no reference to a license exception anywhere in the actual library code. The bottom line here is that I believe that all qt5 and qt6 packages in Fedora have an incorrect License field. I will bring this up on fedora-devel-list, so I can be told how wrong I am in public. :-) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are always notified about changes to this product and component You are on the CC list for the bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2009214 _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list -- package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to package-review-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
