[Fedora-legal-list] Request for Clarification: License of unit test framework

Rich Mattes richmattes at gmail.com
Wed Sep 26 03:24:53 UTC 2012


Hi,

I've got a BSD-licensed library up for review[1].  All of the code for 
the library falls under the BSD license, but the package bundles an 
LGPLv3-licensed unit test framework [2].  The unit test framework is 
built and used in %check, but does not end up in the resulting binary 
RPM.  My question is, do I need to include LGPLv3 in the package's 
license? Or, should I rm the LGPL source during %prep and exclude 
%check?  The guidelines tend to indicate I don't[3] need to include 
LGPLv3 in the license field, but this particular case isn't treated in 
the multiple licensing situations[4].

Thanks,

Rich

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817193
[2] http://cu.danfis.cz
[3] 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:FAQ?rd=Licensing/FAQ#Does_the_License:_tag_cover_the_SRPM_or_the_binary_RPM.3F
[4] 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:FAQ?rd=Licensing/FAQ#Multiple_licensing_situations


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