2010/5/25 Martin Gieseking martin.gieseking@uos.de
Hi,
I need some enlightenment about multiple license scenarios of packages. Until now, I thought packagers should mention all distinct licenses in a spec files's License field that are part of a tarball. Thus, if some files are licensed under GPLv2+ and some under BSD, we get "GPLv2+ and BSD". That's how I read the guidelines (e.g.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/LicensingGuidelines#Multiple_Licens... )
However, during a review (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=594943#c16) it was stated that sources with compatible licenses like LGPLv2+ and BSD may be merged to LGPLv2+. I can't believe that, but might of course be wrong since I'm not a legal expert. Could anybody shed some light on this?
Regards, Martin --
The package under reivew is actually Mixed Source Licensing Scenario rather than Multiple license scenarios.
Chen Lei