Starting from biopython-1.69, BioPython is released under the "Biopython License Agreement" that is not currently listed among Good Licenses for Fedora.

Needs legal review.

Bugzilla ticket: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1440337 Upstream notes: http://biopython.org/wiki/Biopython License: https://github.com/biopython/biopython/blob/master/LICENSE

Citing it in full would be apt (as it is not available by your link *already*).

,----[ Biopython License Agreement ] | Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its | documentation with or without modifications and for any purpose and | without fee is hereby granted, provided that any copyright notices | appear in all copies and that both those copyright notices and this | permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the | names of the contributors or copyright holders not be used in | advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software | without specific prior permission. | | THE CONTRIBUTORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OF THIS SOFTWARE DISCLAIM ALL | WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE | CONTRIBUTORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT | OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS | OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE | OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE | OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. `----

To me (IANAL, TINLA) this looks like a lax permissive free software licence, which wording regarding ‘without fee’ is slightly dubious. But in fact something like that should be accepted in Fedora already, since it was a sort of common variation several decades ago.

For what it’s worth, an agreement that is called ‘CMU style [licence]’ on Fedora wiki [0] seems to be identical to this except for the following minor changes:

,----[ $ wdiff cmu-style biopython ] | Permission to use, copy, [-modify-] {+modify,+} and distribute this | software and its documentation {+with or without modifications and+} for | any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that [-the | above-] {+any+} copyright [-notice appears-] {+notices appear+} in all | copies and that both [-that-] {+those+} copyright [-notice-] {+notices+} | and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that | the [-name of CMU and The Regents-] {+names+} of the [-University of | California-] {+contributors or copyright holders+} not be used in | advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software | without specific [-written-] {+prior+} permission. | | [-CMU AND THE REGENTS OF-] THE [-UNIVERSITY-] {+CONTRIBUTORS AND | COPYRIGHT HOLDERS+} OF [-CALIFORNIA-] {+THIS SOFTWARE+} DISCLAIM ALL | WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND [-FITNESS.-] {+FITNESS,+} IN NO EVENT | SHALL [-CMU OR THE REGENTS OF-] THE [-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-] | {+CONTRIBUTORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS+} BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, | INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING | FROM [-THE-] LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF | CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN | CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. `----

[0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:MIT#CMU_Style