[Bug 459125] Review Request: FreeCAD - An extensible Open Source CAx program for Unix/X11

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--- Comment #6 from Mads Kiilerich <mads at kiilerich.com>  2009-12-14 15:12:22 EDT ---
Re comment #5:

Nothing has changed, and the Open CASCADE license is still not free. (It is now
on http://www.opencascade.org/getocc/license/ and at version 6.3, but with
exactly the same content as 6.2.)

We would all like to see FreeCAD in Fedora, but Fedora can not do anything
until Open CASCADE makes a clear statement whether the license is free and
GPL-compatible or not. It do not depend on the Fedora release schedule.

As you can see on the forum thread Tom Callaway _has_ approached Open CASCADE
and pointed out what the problem is.

Debian (and Ubuntu?) explicitly considers Open CASCADE non-free but apparently
makes a compromise with their own principles. Fedora makes no compromises
regarding non-free software.

[IANAL and just speaking on my own behalf as random Fedora packager]

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