Greetings,
In hopes of eventually packaging DPS8M (
https://dps8m.gitlab.io), the 36‑bit GE Large
Systems / Honeywell / Bull 600/6000‑series mainframe computer simulator (and the
associated Multics operating system files), I'd like to request that some license
details be reviewed by the Fedora project.
Of the source code licenses used, only the Multics License is not currently listed as
allowed for Fedora. The Multics License is an OSI approved open source license (and a
Blue Oak Council Certified permissive license). See
https://opensource.org/license/multics-txt/ for details.
As an aside, the use of the Multics license in DPS8M might be unique amongst software
distributed by Fedora, if DPS8M would eventually be packaged. The Multics License covers
**only** some of the simulator’s source code comments, and is **not** applicable to
compiled object code or binary distributions of the simulator, so the compiled packages
would be allowed in Fedora, but not the source code, which would be a weird Catch-22
indeed.
In addition, I'd like to request that the CF-GAL ([Copyfree] General Attribution
License) be allowed as a content and documentation license. See
https://gitlab.com/dps8m/dps8m/-/blob/master/LICENSES/LicenseRef-CF-GAL.txt for the
license text. This license originates from
https://copyfree.org/content/standard/licenses/gal/license.txt, and is a variant of the
SAL (
https://copyfree.org/content/standard/licenses/sal/license.txt) which is not specific
to software, and is similar to the already allowed zlib license. This license covers the
use of certain logos, artwork, and documentation.
I apologize if I've misrouted this request, and if so, please let me know the most
appropriate way to submit the GAL and Multics licenses for consideration.
--
Jeffrey H. Johnson
trnsz(a)pobox.com