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FSF Licensing Audit Status
Here is the latest status update on the FSF Free Software audit of Fedora: * Emailed FSF (licensing@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 Lemurs, llamas, and sparcs, oh my! _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board (Log in to post comments)
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