[fab] [Fwd: Free software and Fedora: Dissected]

[Rahul]

Karsten Wade wrote:
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> From: Tom 'spot' Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com>
> 
> selinux-doc        || Public Use License   || Examine LICENSE (4)
> 
> I can't find an actual copy of this license; googling for: 
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=selinux+%22public+use+license%22
> 
> Surprise, surprise ... all references are to the selinux-doc package, no
> links to the text of the license.
> 
> Depending on how difficult it is, perhaps this one could be relicensed.
> Dan Walsh is probably the person to contact.  I'd reckon that Red Hat
> would -prefer- to license our contributions under the OPL.
> 
> Does the OPL qualify as libre by FSF standards?  Hope so, because the
> release notes are now a stand-along package in Core
> (fedora-release-notes), and they are under the OPL.
> 

Yes. The Open Publication License without the optional restrictions that 
we dont use in Fedora documentation is indeed considered as a Free 
documentation licenses by FSF

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#FreeDocumentationLicenses

I did check this while this license was originally proposed for use 
within Fedora instead of GNU FDL. It is also worth noting that our CLA 
does grant us relicensing permissions which can be useful on such 
circumstances.

Rahul