legal September 2019

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Sleepycat license with SaaS restriction
by Florian Weimer 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

cryptlib is licensed under the Sleepycat license with a SaaS restriction: “Note that decoupling the software from the user, for example by running in a SaaS configuration, does not exempt you from these requirements.” (Full text attached.) This was not part of the original Sleepycat license, so a new license tag is required. Maybe this license is not even free; this additional clause seems to be a restriction on use. But perhaps it is not so different from the AGPL. Thanks, Florian

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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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Broken link to zip license
by Jerry James 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

The link for the zlib license here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing#SoftwareLicenses returns a 404. The URL should be updated to: https://zlib.net/zlib_license.html Regards, -- Jerry James http://www.jamezone.org/

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New open-source (?) license: DO WHATEVER YOU FEEL LIKE, I DON'T F*CKING CARE LICENSE
by Neal Gompa 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Hey, I recently encountered a new license in a web app that a friend of mine showed me: https://github.com/JacobCZ/flask-directory-list/blob/master/LICENSE This license seems to be a copyleft-ish version of the WTFPL, but I'm not sure. Is this a license that qualifies on Fedora's good license list? Thanks in advance! -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth!

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How to set Expat license to a spec file's License tag?
by Jun Aruga 22 Sep '19

22 Sep '19

Hello legal mailing list, https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing#Discussion_of_Li… > Discussion of Licensing in Fedora (along with any other Fedora legal items which are not considered confidential) takes place on the legal(a)lists.fedoraproject.org mailing list. The list is open to any interested subscribers, but is moderated such that only subscribers may directly post. Could you give me an advice about how to set "Expat" license to a spec file's "License" tag? https://github.com/samtools/htslib/blob/develop/LICENSE Because "Expat" is not included in below "Shot Name" list. https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Licensing:Main&rd=Licensing#Goo… Thanks. -- Jun | He - His - Him

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Licensing of the bundled libraries
by Michal Schorm 18 Sep '19

18 Sep '19

Hello, Q: Is it needed to explicitly list (or pack) license (files) of a library that a package bundles? [1] And if yes, what's the right way to do so? The built package only contain 1 binary (and it's manpage and license file). In this case - when no sources are packed - I'd understand that it is sufficient to list and pack only the single license of the resulting project. Is that correct? -- The package is 'pgloader' and it is now on a review to enter Fedora. [2] -- [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines?rd=Packaging/L… [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1748233 -- Michal Schorm Software Engineer Core Services - Databases Team Red Hat --

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Adding svt-hevc package to Fedora
by Vascom 17 Sep '19

17 Sep '19

Hi. I want to ask whether it is possible to include this HEVC codec in Fedora? As far as I know, it has a patent exception by analogy with nvidia-texture-tools. License of the code: https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-HEVC/blob/master/LICENSE.md My Review Request: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1752791 -- Best regards, Vasiliy Glazov

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