On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 10:34:35AM -0600, Kunkel, Mark wrote: > We are creating a application which will run on Linux. The question that we > have is, > how do we know what licenses we are subject to. In order to determine this, > I need to know what license governs the usage of the various libraries. So, > if I know what library I am using, how do I determine what license governs > its use, and where can I find a copy of the license? If you know the file name, you can get the package name with: $ rpm -qf <filename> Given the package name, you can get the license type: rpm -q --queryformat "%{NAME} %{LICENSE}\n" <package> -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list