Heads-up: GIMP 2.7/2.8 in Rawhide, license change to (L)GPLv3+
by Nils Philippsen
Hi,
I just finished with the Fedora 17 feature page for GIMP 2.8[1] and
built gimp-2.7.4 into Rawhide.
GIMP changed its licensing to GPLv3+ (app, included plugins) and LGPLv3+
(libraries) from the 2.7 development versions on. I've checked dependent
packages and found that all are listed with compatible licenses in their
spec files (CeCill v2, GPLv2+, GPLv3+, Public Domain). One minor
licensing issues was introduced with this change, namely with poppler,
used for importing PDFs and GPLv2 only. For the moment, GIMP packages
from 2.7.x on won't use poppler, but the PostScript plugin for importing
PDFs. This is a workaround until the next stable version poppler 0.20
which will be based off xpdf-3.03 (or later), thusly GPLv2/GPLv3
dual-licensed and compatible again.
While APIs used by external plugins should be backwards-compatible, I'll
rebuild packages using GIMP libraries (i.e. having GIMP plugins) against
the current (not yet stable) version 2.7.4 and against the stable
version when it's there, just to be on the safe side. These are the
affected (source) packages:
GREYCstoration: deebs
gimp-fourier-plugin: fabiand
gimp-lqr-plugin: slankes
gimp-resynthesizer: ewan
gimpfx-foundry: rvinyard
gutenprint: twaugh - jpopelka
mathmap: rnorwood
ufraw: nphilipp
xsane: nphilipp
I plan to do the first round of rebuilds tomorrow, so if there's any
reason why I shouldn't rebuild one of these, or you want to rebuild a
package by yourself, speak up ;-).
Nils
[1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GIMP_2.8
--
Nils Philippsen "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase
Red Hat a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty
nils(a)redhat.com nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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11 years, 9 months
evolution-data-server 3.3.3 soname version bump in rawhide
by Milan Crha
Hi,
just a note that the upcoming release of evolution-data-server 3.3.3
contains soname version bumps for libcamel and libedatacal, as of today.
The release is planned for the next week.
I'll rebuild broken deps packages the next day after the update lands to
the rawhide, at least those I've commit rights to (it'll be definitely
sooner than the last time).
Bye,
Milan
11 years, 9 months
A change in Fedora's policy regarding Public Domain
by Tom Callaway
In consultation with Red Hat Legal and the Fedora Board, I have
implemented a chance to Fedora's policy regarding software marked as
being in the Public Domain. The new policy is as follows:
*****
Works which are clearly marked as being in the Public Domain, and for
which no evidence is known to contradict this statement, are treated in
Fedora as being in the Public Domain, on the grounds that the intentions
of the original creator are reflected by such a use, even if due to
regional issues, it may not have been possible for the original creator
to fully abandon all of their their copyrights on the work and place it
fully into the Public Domain. If you believe that a work in Fedora which
is marked as being in the Public Domain is actually available under a
copyright license, please inform us of this fact with details, and we
will immediately investigate the claim.
*****
The wiki home for this new policy is here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Public_Domain
This policy is effective immediately. If you have had a package rejected
by Fedora because it was in the Public Domain and we were unable to
determine the validity of the Public Domain declaration, the declaration
was deemed to be incomplete, or there were jurisdictional issues with
the declaration, please feel free to open new package reviews or contact
legal(a)fedoraproject.org to lift any FE-Legal blocks.
If you have questions about this change in policy, feel free to email me
directly or send a mail to the Fedora Legal mailing list
<legal(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> (note: it is moderated and gets a metric
ton of spam, so I probably won't see it if you're not subscribed).
Thanks,
~tom
==
Fedora Project
11 years, 9 months
An update on critical path packages
by Bill Nottingham
As of this week, bodhi is using the Fedora Package Database to determine the
critical path package list.
As part of this effort, the critical path package lists have been
regenerated for Fedora 15, Fedora 16, and rawhide. Various errors in the
generation process have been fixed, causing the critical path package list
to change.
If you have any questions about why a package you maintain is or isn't
in the critical path, feel free to open a ticket with rel-eng at:
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/
Bill, on behalf of rel-eng & FESCo
11 years, 9 months
Election Results: Fedora Board, FAmSCo, and FESCo
by Jared K. Smith
The latest round of Fedora Elections has concluded, and I am pleased
to announce the results for elected seats on the Fedora Board and
FESCo and FAmSCo. The results are as follows:
Fedora Board
-------------------
There were two open seats on the Fedora Board this election cycle. A
total of 224 ballots were cast. Due to the system of range voting
that we use in Fedora elections, this means that each of the four
candidates could receive up to 896 votes (224 ballots multiplied by
four candidates).
Votes | Candidate
----------------------
638 | Jaroslav Reznik
557 | Christoph Wickert
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334 | Larry Cafiero
228 | Robert 'Bob' Jensen
The two candidates receiving the most votes were Jaroslav and
Christoph. I'd like to welcome Christoph to the Fedora Board, and
welcome Jaroslav back for a second term. Both Jaroslav and Christoph
will server for a one-year term.
* * * * * * * * *
FAmSCo
--------
All seven seats on FAmSCo were up for re-election this cycle. There
were a total of 104 ballots cast in the FAmSCo election. Each of the
eleven candidates could receive up to 1144 votes (104 ballots
multiplied by eleven candidates).
Votes | Candidate
----------------------
615 | Christoph Wickert
591 | Neville A. Cross
534 | Igor Soares
439 | Clint Savage
377 | Zoltan Hoppar
348 | Gerard Braad
339 | Caius Chance
----------------------
287 | Truong Anh Tuan
243 | Shakthi Kannan
236 | Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera
132 | Rejaul Islam
Let me be the first to welcome Christoph, Neville, Igor, Clint,
Zoltan, Geraard, and Caius to the new Fedora Ambassadors Steering
Committee.
* * * * * * * * *
FESCo
--------
There were four FESCo seats up for election this cycle. A total of
225 ballots were cast in the FESCo election. Each of the six
candidates could receive up to 1350 votes (225 ballots multiplied by
six candidates).
Votes | Candidate
----------------------
778 | Marcela Mašláňová
773 | Miloslav Trmač
642 | Matthew Garrett
526 | Jon Ciesla
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454 | Justin M. Forbes
358 | John Dulaney
The top four candidates were Marcela, Miroslav, Matthew, and Jon. Each
will server a full two-term position on the Fedora Engineering
Steering committee.
* * * * * * * * *
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have
previously served on the Fedora Board or FAmSCo or FESCo for their
hard work and perseverance. I'd also like to thank all the candidates
and volunteers who participated in this round of elections. I look
forward to working with each of these people as we strive to make
Fedora better over the months and years ahead.
--
Jared Smith
Fedora Project Leader
11 years, 9 months
Reminder: Fedora elections end December 5th
by Jared K. Smith
If you haven't yet taken the time to vote in the current Fedora
elections, I encourage you to take the time to vote before the voting
period ends at the end of the day (UTC time) on December 5th. This
election cycle has elections for open positions on the Ambassadors
steering committee (FAmSCo), the Engineering steering committee
(FESCo), and the Fedora Board.
Please visit https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/ to vote. For
more information on the elections, refer to
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections
--
Jared Smith
Fedora Project Leader
11 years, 9 months
