[Fedora-legal-list] ExtJS license

[Nils Philippsen]

Ping -- does anyone have an opinion on the following issue?

On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 10:31 +0100, Nils Philippsen wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm thinking about wrapping up ExtJS (a JavaScript framework,
> http://extjs.com) for TurboGears and wondered if the license conditions
> are okay for it to be included in Fedora. Note that there are two stable
> versions, v1.1 and v2.0, which are partly incompatible and there is code
> that won't work with the newer one.
> 
> Basically it sounds to me like "LGPLv3 for the JavaScript code, other
> assets (graphics, style sheets) may only be shipped with these
> components" which seems to be what we allow for e.g. games where artwork
> often has a restrictive license, but anyway here are the relevant bits
> from LICENSE.txt in the relevant ZIP archive:
> 
> --- 8< --- ExtJS v1.1.1 -------
> http://extjs.com/license
> 
> The CSS and Graphics ("Assets") distributed with Ext are licensed for
> use ONLY with their associated Ext JavaScript component ("Component").
> Use of the Assets in any way that does not also include the Component is
> prohibited without explicit permission from Ext JS, LLC.  Deriving
> images and CSS from the Assets in an effort to bypass this license is
> also prohibited.
> 
> --
> 
> The JavaScript code distributed with Ext (the "Software") is licensed
> under the Lesser GNU (LGPL) open source license version 3.0.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
> 
> If you are using this library for commercial purposes, we encourage you
> to purchase a commercial license. Please visit http://extjs.com/license
> for more details.
> 
> This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> Lesser General Public License for more details.
> --- >8 -----------------------
> 
> --- 8< --- ExtJS v2.0.1 ------
> http://extjs.com/license
> 
> 
> License of CSS and Graphics ("Assets")
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The Assets distributed with Ext are licensed for use ONLY with their
> associated Ext JavaScript component ("Component"). Use of the Assets in
> any way that does not also include the Component is prohibited without
> explicit permission from Ext JS, LLC.  Deriving images and CSS from the
> Assets in an effort to bypass this license is also prohibited.
> 
> 
> Open Source License
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ext is also licensed under the terms of the Open Source LGPL 3.0
> license. You may use our open source license if you: 
>  * Want to use Ext in an open source project that precludes using
> non-open source software
>  * Plan to use Ext in a personal, educational or non-profit manner
>  * Are using Ext in a commercial application that is not a software
> development library or toolkit, you will meet LGPL requirements and you
> do not wish to support the project
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
> [...]
> --
> 
> This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> Lesser General Public License for more details.
> --- >8 ---------------------

Thanks,
Nils
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