[Fedora-packaging] Copyrighted specfiles.

[Brad Bell]

Are specfiles covered by the Individual Contributor License Agreement 
(CLA) ?
    http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Licenses/CLA
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> Date: 29 Apr 2008 22:42:46 -0500
> From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs math uh edu>
> Subject: [Fedora-packaging] Copyrighted specfiles.
> To: fedora-packaging at redhat.com
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> I have a specfile that begins with:
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> # Copyright 2006-2008 Double Precision, Inc.
> # See COPYING for distribution information.
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> It looks like the specfile is carried in the tarball and the
> maintainer just copies it out for the Fedora package.  But this means
> that when you unpack the srpm, you get a spec that refers to a file
> which does not exist.
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> Is it too much to ask that if for some reason you're going to
> copyright the specfile you at least indicate the license in the
> specfile?
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>  - J<
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