Free Software audit update

[David Cantrell]

Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> Here is the latest status update on the FSF Free Software audit of
> Fedora:
> 
> * Still waiting on the FSF to give me answers on some of the licenses,
> (specifically lha, libc-client, xorg-x11-proto-devel).
> * cleanfeed was dropped from Fedora Core
> * Working hard to get lesstif in and openmotif out before FC-6.
> 
> We're almost there. After FC-6 releases, I'll start an audit on Fedora
> Extras.
> 
> THE KNOWN UNKNOWNS (3):
> Packages of questionable licenses that need to be blessed or damned by
> the FSF:
> #######################################################################
> PACKAGE NAME       || RPM provided license || Notes
> #######################################################################
> lha                || freeware             || Waiting on FSF
> libc-client-*      || U of W Free Fork     || Waiting on FSF
> xorg-x11-proto-devel || The Open Group     || Waiting on FSF
> 
> THE KNOWNS (2):
> Packages with non-free licenses that need to be taken out of Fedora Core
> and moved to Fedora Extras (or trashed entirely)
> #######################################################################
> PACKAGE NAME       || RPM provided license || Notes
> #######################################################################
> openmotif-*        || Open Group Public    || Bugzilla 202527
> 
> Everything else in Fedora Core checks out with an FSF compatible
> license. 

What about Schily tar?  It's in Core and the license is CDDL.

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David Cantrell
Red Hat / Westford, MA