Hi, the Ubuntu-based gNewSense distribution removed parts of GLX because of a license issue[0]. They did so because SGI Public License and SGI Free Software License B are non-free.
According to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing this is also true for Fedora and the JOGL package was removed because of it.
It is known that Debian is aware of the problem since 2003 but has not come up with a solution.
The removal of the files breaks apps like compiz-fusion and the like.
Is this problem solved in Fedora?
If not it might be good if we can get in contact with the copyright holder of those files and ask for a relicensing.
Regards Robert
On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 10:07 +0200, Robert Schuster wrote:
It is known that Debian is aware of the problem since 2003 but has not come up with a solution.
We're aware of this issue, and it is currently under investigation internally.
Is this problem solved in Fedora?
Not at this time. We've not allowed any new code into Fedora under the GLX or Free B licenses, but that is a stopgap, not a solution.
If not it might be good if we can get in contact with the copyright holder of those files and ask for a relicensing.
The copyright holder of those files is not interested in relicensing.
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Hi:
I am now trying to review scala [1]. This is Java related package and the submitter says that pre-built binaries are needed for bootstrapping. The submitter seems to have asked this issue once [2], however it seems no conclusion is made then.
The srpm and the rebuilt binary rpms (on dist-f9-updates-candidate) can be downloaded from [3]. Would you judge if this situation can be allowed for Fedora?
Regards, Mamoru
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426867 [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2008-January/msg00074.html [3] http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/mtasaka/task_594276/
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