CCAN as bundled files

[Stephen Gallagher]

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On 11/11/2013 07:27 AM, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote:
> Hello, I've been working to include ocserv to fedora [0], but it
> seems there is an issue with the rule of no bundled libraries, and
> CCAN [1] code which is used in ocserv. CCAN is a repository of C
> code under various licenses that can be used in any project. It is
> similar to gnulib, but less oriented to portability fixed, and more
> into code snippets.
> 
> Is there a special permission needed to use CCAN code in a
> packaged project, or the fact that there is no library is
> sufficient ?
> 
> [0]. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027770 [1].
> http://ccodearchive.net/

See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries

You need to request a bundling exception from the FPC in that
situation. The samba 4 project actually has an exception for libccan
that technically was supposed to be removed as of F18. I should update
that ticket to explain the situation.

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