[Fedora-legal-list] winetricks

[Miroslav Suchý]

Dne 2.1.2013 v 16:47 Tom Callaway napsal(a):
> I would prefer we did not include this in Fedora, mainly because this
> script potentially downloads a LOT of third-party stuff from a number of
> different sources. Checking each item to ensure that the act of
> providing a tool to directly and clearly download that item is not
> causing legal concerns (specifically, contributory infringement) will
> take a long time.
> 
> If you still want this in Fedora, I'd ask you to have FESCo consider it
> with my concerns noted. If they think that the merits of this script
> outweigh the time to do a full legal audit, then I will tackle it.
> 
> You can open a new FESCo ticket here:
> https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/newticket

Resurecting this old thread, because this SW was packaged in Copr now.
And Leigh raised Legal Issue on this Copr.

So I have question:
 * why providing a tool is/can be infringement. In past Fesco claimed that a tool itself is fine (e.g. hydra)
   https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/hydra
   And in fact we have very similar tool in Fedora already:
   https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/autodownloader
 * If this is not enough for Fedora, is it good for Copr? Or not?

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Miroslav Suchy, RHCA
Red Hat, Senior Software Engineer, #brno, #devexp, #fedora-buildsys