On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 22:18 +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 09:10:07PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 11:57:40AM -0500, Tom spot Callaway wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 16:53 +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> - Clarify where documentation should go. Currently my practice has
>>>> been to put just the license file (if any) in the main package's
%doc,
>>>> and the license file plus all other documentation & examples in
>>>> the devel subpackage. This duplicates (only) the license file, but
>>>> that seems acceptable since we shouldn't distribute software
without
>>>> its license.
>>> -devel packages should Require the main package, thus, there really
>>> isn't any need for the duplicate license copy.
>>
>> But you could still just install the main package and not devel, and
>> then you are in the situation where Fedora has distributed a binary
>> and basically removed the licensing information. It doesn't feel like
>> the right thing to do to me (but IANAL).
>>
>
> No Spot means it the other way around, keep the license in the main package
> and drop it from the -devel one as that requires the main package anyways.
This is the "simplified rule-of-thumb", however there also are
situations where this isn't "entirely right".
e.g.
- application licenses may differ from library licenses (e.g. apps
GPL'ed, libraries LGPL'ed).
- run-time licenses may differ from devel-licenses (e.g. library uses
GPL as umbrella, while individual files in a devel-package (often
headers) are covered by less restrictive licenses, such as BSD.)
- library licenses may differ from source-code licenses (e.g. library is
using LGPL as umbrella, but individual files being used inside of a
library are covered by less restrictive licenses).
Ralf