[Fedora-packaging] external source files for clementine

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri Jan 13 13:46:02 UTC 2012


Orcan Ogetbil wrote:

> I have a grey-area issue. The new version of the clementine player
> comes bundled with 3rd party source files: sha2 [1], echoprint-codegen
> [2].
> 
> There are no licensing issues. Unfortunately, neither of the two
> upstreams provide their source files as libraries. From the
> descriptions in their webpages [1] and [2], they seem to me as "take
> this code and use it in your project as you wish".

These probably could be considered under the 'copylib' exception, though it 
may be worth trying to package these separately anyway, if possible (likely 
a better long-term solution, esp if your modifications can be upstreamed).

-- rex



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