legal August 2018

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Henry Spencer's license
by Petr Šabata 06 Mar '23

06 Mar '23

Dear legal, While checking the contents of our `perl' package, I noticed the following: (...) /* NOTE: this is derived from Henry Spencer's regexp code, and should not * confused with the original package (see point 3 below). Thanks, Henry! */ /* Additional note: this code is very heavily munged from Henry's version * in places. In some spots I've traded clarity for efficiency, so don't * blame Henry for some of the lack of readability. */ /* The names of the functions have been changed from regcomp and * regexec to pregcomp and pregexec in order to avoid conflicts * with the POSIX routines of the same names. */ (...) * pregcomp and pregexec -- regsub and regerror are not used in perl * * Copyright (c) 1986 by University of Toronto. * Written by Henry Spencer. Not derived from licensed software. * * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any * purpose on any computer system, and to redistribute it freely, * subject to the following restrictions: * * 1. The author is not responsible for the consequences of use of * this software, no matter how awful, even if they arise * from defects in it. * * 2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, either * by explicit claim or by omission. * * 3. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not * be misrepresented as being the original software. * **** Alterations to Henry's code are... **** **** Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, **** 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 **** by Larry Wall and others **** **** You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public **** License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file. (...) You can see the whole file here: https://metacpan.org/source/SHAY/perl-5.20.1/regexec.c I looked but couldn't find any common name for this license of Henry's. Is it on our list? Is it free? What name should I use in the License tag? Thank you, Petr

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about openssl we may enable and build all elliptic curves on corp ?
by Sérgio Basto 05 Nov '22

05 Nov '22

Hello, I reopen or start thinking again on this question of enable elliptic curves of openssl [1] So going directly to the point, may I built all source of openssl in copr [2] ? or at least some other curves that fedora package don't ship? [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405843 [2] Version: 1.0.2k %global fips_version 2.0.14 I mean sources: http://ftp.o penssl.org/source/openssl-%{version}.tar.gz and http://ftp.openssl.org/s ource/openssl-fips-%{fips_version}.tar.gz Thanks , -- Sérgio M. B.

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Fedora firmware exception and GPL violations
by Florian Weimer 27 Aug '18

27 Aug '18

I assume that the binary-only firmware exception for Fedora does not exempt us from shipping source code for firmware derived from the Linux kernel, and filed this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622512 Thanks, Florian

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Policy for test suites with 'Bad Licenses'
by Tom Stellard 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

Hi, I've been looking at incorporating the llvm test-suite[1] into the Fedora CI testing for the clang package. The test suite is a collection of source code under several different licenses. One of the licenses (Aladdin Free Public License)[2] is on the 'Bad License' list[3]. Does the 'Bad License' list apply only to code we package or does it apply even to something we might use only of testing purposes. Thanks, Tom [1] https://github.com/llvm-mirror/test-suite [2] https://github.com/llvm-mirror/test-suite/blob/master/MultiSource/Benchmark… [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main

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Permission notice and disclaimer variant
by Florian Weimer 08 Aug '18

08 Aug '18

I came across this license: “ Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Philip Withnall philip.withnall(a)collabora.co.uk Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty. ” <https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_valgrind_check.html> (So it's part of the autoconf archive.) It's free and seems similar to HPND in construction, but I don't recognize the wording. Has it already got a separate tag? Thanks, Florian

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