legal May 2015

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Henry Spencer's license
by Petr Šabata 06 Mar '23

06 Mar '23

Dear legal, While checking the contents of our `perl' package, I noticed the following: (...) /* NOTE: this is derived from Henry Spencer's regexp code, and should not * confused with the original package (see point 3 below). Thanks, Henry! */ /* Additional note: this code is very heavily munged from Henry's version * in places. In some spots I've traded clarity for efficiency, so don't * blame Henry for some of the lack of readability. */ /* The names of the functions have been changed from regcomp and * regexec to pregcomp and pregexec in order to avoid conflicts * with the POSIX routines of the same names. */ (...) * pregcomp and pregexec -- regsub and regerror are not used in perl * * Copyright (c) 1986 by University of Toronto. * Written by Henry Spencer. Not derived from licensed software. * * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any * purpose on any computer system, and to redistribute it freely, * subject to the following restrictions: * * 1. The author is not responsible for the consequences of use of * this software, no matter how awful, even if they arise * from defects in it. * * 2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, either * by explicit claim or by omission. * * 3. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not * be misrepresented as being the original software. * **** Alterations to Henry's code are... **** **** Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, **** 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 **** by Larry Wall and others **** **** You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public **** License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file. (...) You can see the whole file here: https://metacpan.org/source/SHAY/perl-5.20.1/regexec.c I looked but couldn't find any common name for this license of Henry's. Is it on our list? Is it free? What name should I use in the License tag? Thank you, Petr

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Re: [Fedora-legal-list] CAcert.org license
by Tom Callaway 12 Feb '16

12 Feb '16

On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 23:03 +0100, Matthias Saou wrote: > > >>>>> "TC" == Tom \"spot\" Callaway <Tom> writes: > > > > TC> Given that it does not give permission for us to redistribute (the > > TC> cornerstone requirement for Content licenses), this license is not > > TC> acceptable for Fedora. > > > > I guess I'm glad I looked before approving the package, but I have to > > wonder: Do the cacert folks actually want anyone to use their > > certificates? I mean, this prevents basically everyone from using > > them, because they can't come with the OS or the browser. > > Personally, the more I read the document, the more I'm confused. > > "You may NOT distribute certificates or root keys under this > licence"... does this mean we can distribute under a different license? Well, sortof. The wording here is strange because you can get a different license from the CA issuer. We can't just pick a license, but the CA issuer might be willing to give us a different one. > Would it be worth getting in contact with CAcert.org in order to try > and have them allow us to redistribute the root certs under conditions > which are acceptable to the Fedora Project? Probably, yes. :) ~spot

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reg. fedora name as trademark
by Sindhu S 13 Oct '15

13 Oct '15

hi I noticed there is a website called usefedora.com that sells a product to make online schools. Is this a violation of any trademark that redhat might hold with regards to the Fedora name? Thanks! -- -Sindhu

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winetricks
by T.C. Hollingsworth 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

winetricks [1] is free software, but I was originally under the impression that it was ineligible for inclusion in Fedora because it is used primarily to download and install non-free software. (That is not it's only function, though--it also does some registry hacks and can manage multiple WINEPREFIXes.) However, some members of the community disagree [2] and say that it might be eligible for Fedora, so we'd like confirmation one way or the other. Thanks! -T.C. [1] http://winetricks.org/ [2] https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1992#c40

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MHDAC, MSFileReader, WRDAC, Wiff Reader Library licenses
by Antonio Trande 27 May '15

27 May '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi all. I'm almost sure that MHDAC, MSFileReader, WRDAC, Wiff Reader Library licenses (proprietary but granted) **are not compatibles with Fedora**: http://proteowizard.sourceforge.net/formats.shtml Please, can you confirm? Thanks. - -- Antonio Trande mailto: sagitter 'at' fedoraproject 'dot' org http://fedoraos.wordpress.com/ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Sagitter GPG Key: 0x565E653C Check on https://keys.fedoraproject.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJVZbHrAAoJEF5tK7VWXmU8cTMH/3uUAOPrbmSB1qgw9Xsuy/OS ddeJvDRzWrteLExWZiB56oZD8/0iucVQDIwr42V5RfaKTN+2HZAZNEqVfee4FqFq aT+N2UywN6VpEqZ3teHlKagtSlKHJIOXdkx9UsvOk5yyzUWZ7mdwl9I2H9U8dCYS FKQGd3Ou4S7PUG+bSYfVbaxCuR7NnKRjzDpiB3X0bm/aGKZOtCGU8PIL9JWtoRQ+ GH4WOYZHnjGupiKhbyXDhcIXlwONbtSFSGlkC5YXPCRkGsSmwgYMv/j+R0+FK3za B2fJHsivXxOWQx+s7RgMWlr5I2yfrYBLeLSBlWluorEoQEzHZZOmAJT91QGvOoA= =ijgX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Can 7kaa has music?
by Ding Yi Chen 26 May '15

26 May '15

Hi, I packed 7kaa https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220779 The project itself is GPL, but I would like to know whether the game music can get in as well. The Term: COPYING-Music.txt Seven Kingdoms Music Soundtrack Copyright (c)1997 Bjorn Lynne Copyright (c)1997 Enlight Software Ltd. Permission is granted to anyone to use these media files with Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries from Enlight Ltd., and to redistribute copies of these media files freely, subject to the following restrictions: 1. The redistributed media files are a complete set, unmodified, and correctly represented for use with Seven Kingdoms. 2. The authors are acknowledged with any distribution. 3. This notice may not be removed or altered in any distribution. The authors do not grant any additional right outside of the use with Seven Kingdoms. Any re-recording or derivative works based on the provided soundtracks is subject to any applicable copyright laws. These media files are provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from use of these media files. ======================================================================= Regards, -- Ding-Yi Chen Software Engineer Globalization Group DID: +61 7 3514 8239 Email: dchen(a)redhat.com Red Hat, Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd Level 1, 193 North Quay Brisbane 4000 Office: +61 7 3514 8100 Fax: +61 7 3514 8199 Website: www.redhat.com Red Hat, Inc. Facebook: Red Hat APAC | Red Hat Japan | Red Hat Korea | JBoss APAC Twitter: Red Hat APAC | Red Hat ANZ LinkedIn: Red Hat APAC | JBoss APAC

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