On 02. 06. 21 19:04, Ben Cotton wrote:
On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 11:26 AM Miro Hrončok mhroncok@redhat.com wrote:
Assuming an upstream tarball contains one example file under the BSD license with the following usage restriction:
- You acknowledge that Software is not designed, licensed or intended for
- use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear
- facility.
Can we rm that nonfree file in %prep, or do we need to strip it from the tarball as well?
My assumption is that we strip content that we cannot even re-distribute from SRPM, which should not be the case here, but I am not sure.
I agree that it's best to remove it from the tarball so that it doesn't end up in the SRPM.
Thanks for clarification. We'll do that. We have also contacted upstream and asked them politely if they would consider dropping it.
The difference between this license and the "Nuclear Variant" of MIT is that the Nuclear Variant says "we're not responsible for anything that happens if you use it in this context" but it does not forbid the use the way this license does.