permission to use spec files in other projects

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 02.01.2008 15:34, Rex Dieter wrote:
>   
>> Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>     
>>> The topic "permission to use Fedora spec files in other projects" is
>>> still on the EPEL agenda, as that's the area where the topic came up.
>>> @Board, @FESCo: Any progress on this? 
>>>       
>> Pardon my ignorance and/or naivety, but isn't this covered by the CLA,
>> clause 2:
>> [...]
>> yada yada, basically says (to my own non-lawyer interpretation) that 
>> folks can take these fedora-contributed materials and do pretty much 
>> whatever.
>>     
>
> The CLA is signed between contributers and the Fedora Project/Red Hat.
> it has no meaning for a third party.
>   
Except, the CLA explicitly defines the license for Fedora contributions, 
for Red Hat and all recipients of Fedora.

In that context, it has meaning for third parties.

~spot