legal January 2017

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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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CLA from Intel
by Mamoru TASAKA 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Hello. Forwarded from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413646#c2 The upstream of librealsense, Intel demands that when we want to contribute to librealsense via github pull request (for example): https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md such contributer are required to accept Intel CLA (Individual Contributor **License** Agreement): https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense/blob/master/CLA.md I suspect that this CLA may be additional requirement (or license) when developing librealsense. So: 1. Should this CLA be regarded as something like additional "license" or so? 2. In such case (or if not, in any case), can this CLA be accepted for packages on Fedora? Note that the license of librealsense itself is under "ASL 2.0 and BSD". Thanks in advance. Regards, Mamoru

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Legal issue with netpbm
by Josef Ridky 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hi, I am a bit confused with following bugzilla https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404757. Can someone tell me, what should I do? Thanks, Josef Ridky Associate Software Engineer Core Services Team Red Hat Czech, s.r.o.

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Re: radare2: LGPLv3.0 with exception
by Siddharth Sharma 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Hi, Can someone please look into this? Thanks On Jan 16, 2017 1:54 PM, "Siddharth Sharma" <siddharth.kde(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone please look into radre2 (revering framework) License. > https://github.com/radare/radare2, code seems to be shipped under GPLv3 > and LGPLv3 with exceptions. I have srpm ready for this. Please let me know > if this can be included in fedora or not. > > Respectfully, > Siddharth Sharma > FAS: siddharths >

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PointOne Public License
by David Muse 12 Jan '17

12 Jan '17

Hello, I'm packaging SQL Relay and the Python API is released under the "PointOne Public License", as it was written by a guy working for PointOne Telecommunications, Inc. at the time. It appears to piggyback off of Digital Creations' Zope license, though I'm not sure which version. Is this license acceptable for Fedora packaging? If so, how should I refer to it in the spec file? License follows, as it was submitted to me, originally. Thanks, David Muse david.muse(a)firstworks.com PointOne Public License FOR ORIGINAL CREATIONS /********************************************************** Copyright (c) 2000, PointOne Telecommunications, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 1) Copies, derivatives or substantial portions of the Software in source form must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2) Copies, derivatives or substantial portions of the Software in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided therewith. 3) Neither the names of the copyright holder nor the names of any authors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. Disclaimer: THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE, ITS USE OR OTHER DEALINGS THEREIN, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. **********************************************************/ FOR MODIFIED DISTRIBUTIONS /********************************************************** Copyright (c) Digital Creations. All rights reserved, 2000, PointOne Copyright (c) Telecommunications, Inc. All rights reserved. This distribution includes software developed by Digital Creations for use in the Z Object Publishing Environment (http://www.zope.org) as well as contributions by PointOne. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1) Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2.Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3) Digital Creations requests that attribution be given to Zope in any manner possible. Zope includes a "Powered by Zope" button that is installed by default. While it is not a license violation to remove this button, it is requested that the attribution remain. A significant investment has been put into Zope, and this effort will continue if the Zope community continues to grow. This is one way to assure that growth. 4.All advertising materials and documentation mentioning features derived from or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: "This product includes software developed by Digital Creations for use in the Z Object Publishing Environment (http://www.zope.org/)" In the event that the product being advertised includes an intact Zope distribution (with copyright and license included) then this clause is waived. 5.Names associated with Zope, Digital Creations, and other copyright holders or authors may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission from the respective party. 6.Modified redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by Digital Creations for use in the Z Object Publishing Environment (http://www.zope.org/)" Intact (re-)distributions of any official Zope release do not require an external acknowledgement. 7.Modifications are encouraged but must be packaged separately as patches to official Zope releases. Distributions that do not clearly separate the patches from the original work must be clearly labeled as unofficial distributions. Modifications which do not carry the name Zope may be packaged in any form, as long as they conform to all of the clauses above. Disclaimers: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, POINTONE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. **********************************************************/

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NTP GPL
by Sandro Mani 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Hello I'm packaging libimagequant (https://github.com/ImageOptim/libimagequant) and licensecheck reports some files as NTP GPL (v3 or later) The package COPYRIGHT file inclues the GPL3 license as well as: libimagequant is derived from code by Jef Poskanzer and Greg Roelofs licensed under pngquant's original license (at the end of this file), and contains extensive changes and additions by Kornel Lesiński licensed under GPL v3. [... GPL3 license text ...] © 1989, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer. © 1997, 2000, 2002 by Greg Roelofs. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. This last snippet is detected as NTP by licensecheck. I don't see NTP mentioned in the software license list on the fedora wiki. What license should I use in the package spec? Thanks Sandro

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License compatibility : MPLv2.0 and GPLv3+
by Remi Collet 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Hi, From compatibility list [1], state is "Sometimes" I'm working on packaging Grammmalecte [2] and like to know is this is really compatible in this case (and thus, acceptable for Fedora repo) - MPL code (seems to) come from lightprof which have been used / adapted for French (extension and builder) - GPL code is the French engine Remi. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing#SoftwareLicenses [2] http://www.dicollecte.org/grammalecte/

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