On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 2:53 PM Omair Majid <omajid(a)redhat.com> wrote:
Hi Richard,
Sorry to bother you, but any advice on this?
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> I am trying to package .NET 7 in Fedora:
>
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2142178
>
> (This is a new package, though it's "just" an updated version of the
.NET
> 6 package that we already include in Fedora.)
>
> The reviewer has helped identify that the source code archive includes a
> few files that include notes about Creative Commons. I am looking on
> advice on how to handle it.
>
> I found basically these 7 non-content files that have a pointer to
>
creativecommons.org:
>
>
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/main/src/libraries/System.Private....
>
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/main/src/libraries/System.Private....
>
> These two files have an MIT license header in addition to the comment
> that the code is based on an algorithm originally licensed under CC0.
> These files are a critical part of .NET that we absolutely need to build
> and include in Fedora.
>
> Can I ignore the comment about CC0 because of the MIT license header in
> the file? Is it safe to treat these files as under MIT only? If not,
> what are my options to handle this piece of code?
Wouldn't these be covered by the existing carveout stated here:
https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/blob/main/data/CC0-...
>
https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/tree/main/tests/benchmarks/CompiledCodeB...
>
https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/tree/main/tests/FSharp.Core.UnitTests/FS...
>
https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/tree/main/tests/FSharp.Core.UnitTests/FS...
>
> These 3 don't have an MIT or Apache header. Only a Creative Commons
> header.
>
> Given that these files are benchmarks and unit tests that we don't run
> during the build, I suppose I can just delete these files? Do I need to
> delete them from the source archive or can I delete them in %prep?
> Are other/easier options on the table here?
Same question about:
https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/blob/main/data/CC0-...
Richard