On Sat, 2007-07-21 at 04:37 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 22:32 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
>> On 7/20/07, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203(a)freenet.de> wrote:
>> > So, the new FESCo is going to act as the "Fedora License Police"
>>
>> Always so negative.
>
> Well, why should I change my opinion on something which had been
> repeatedly discussed to death (E.g. on FPC meetings) and which I
> consider to be "silly and naive"?
And that was before GPLv3 was released, mind you...
A fact which doesn't matter
at all
1. Actually, the GPL case is a comparatively simple case, because it's
widely used.
The situations rendering such "license tagging" absurd are the "not so
far spread" and "exotic" licenses, which
* FESCO will never be able to handle due to lack of legal knowledge.
* RPM's license-tag will not be able to handle without a "license tag"
registry/Fedora license tag administration office.
2. Package maintainers are supposed to check their packages for license
compatibility. Otherwise Fedora will need a "licensing police".
3. We did cover GPLv3 in our discussions on FPC meetings.
Ralf