On 3/30/07, Tom spot Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 09:25 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > Rex Dieter wrote: > > Gianluca Sforna wrote: > >> sorry for the duplicate post, but I am afraid fedora-extras-list was > >> not the best place for this... > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Gianluca Sforna <giallu@xxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Mar 30, 2007 10:41 AM > >> Subject: Licensing issue in mantis > >> To: Discussion related to Fedora Extras <fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> > >> Mantis (php) codebase includes a module which comes from a 3rd party > >> project and is licensed with a "free for non commercial use" style > >> clause which is, AFAICT, incompatible with the GPL. > >> Is removing the offending file from the rpm package during %install > >> enough? > > > > Yes (imo). > > On second thought, it probably ought to be removed from the source > tarball, on the chance that possible commercial use makes the srpm > non-re-distributable (depends on the exactly licensing terms, I guess). Yeah, you'll need to remove it from the Source tarball. Just take it out of the Source tarball, rename it to note that it is modified, and make a comment in the spec file explaining why.
Ok. I assume this is to be done also upstream, that is, they can not continue shipping it in the same tarball? -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
