[fab] FSF Licensing Audit Status

[Tom Callaway]

Here is the latest status update on the FSF Free Software audit of
Fedora:

* Emailed FSF (licensing at fsf.org) to try and get formal rulings on  
  questionable licenses.
* Added cdrtools to the list of things that need to be handled.
* Filed bugs against the packages that need to go. Oh no, these  
  packages have to go, go go, bugzilla!

THE KNOWN UNKNOWNS (6):
Packages of questionable licenses that need to be blessed or damned by
the FSF:
#######################################################################
PACKAGE NAME       || RPM provided license || Notes
#######################################################################
cleanfeed          || distributable        || Waiting on FSF
ImageMagick-*      || freeware             || Waiting on FSF
lha                || freeware             || Waiting on FSF
libc-client-*      || U of W Free Fork     || Waiting on FSF
selinux-doc        || Public Use License   || Waiting on FSF
xorg-x11-proto-devel || The Open Group     || Waiting on FSF

THE KNOWNS (7):
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
#######################################################################
aspell-nl          || distributable        || Bugzilla 202511
cdrtools           || CDDL                 || Bugzilla 202526
ckermit            || Special              || Bugzilla 202523
crypto-utils       || Various              || Bugzilla 202524
macutils           || distributable        || Bugzilla 202518
netpbm-*           || freeware             || Bugzilla 202519
openmotif-*        || Open Group Public    || Bugzilla 202527

Everything else in Fedora Core checks out with an FSF compatible
license. 

~spot
-- 
Tom "spot" Callaway: Red Hat Technical Team Lead || GPG ID: 93054260
Fedora Extras Steering Committee Member (RPM Standards and Practices)
Aurora Linux Project Leader: http://auroralinux.org
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