Fwd: Re: [Fedora-packaging] Licensing guidelines suggestions
Tom "spot" Callaway
tcallawa at redhat.com
Tue Aug 7 14:14:12 UTC 2007
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 10:11 -0400, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> That's not the question that needs answering.
>
> The question is:
>
> There are licenses which are on the OSI approved list but which are
> considered non-free by the FSF. Are these licenses OK for Fedora or not?
And to answer my own question, I think the answer is no.
Why?
1. OSI doesn't list licenses which don't meet their criteria, the FSF
does.
2. The FSF has been extremely helpful in working with us on licensing
matters. I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt on licensing
conflicts.
~spot
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