Evil license Package question[CLOSED]

alexis jeandet alexis.jeandet at member.fsf.org
Mon Dec 15 17:06:41 UTC 2014


Thanks, it was also what I understood, I just asked in case of exception
but I prefer like this.

Best regards,
Alexis.
Le lundi 15 décembre 2014 à 10:09 -0600, Rex Dieter a écrit :
> On 12/15/2014 10:01 AM, alexis jeandet wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would need to put two evil packages for digilent's analog discovery
> > board on Copr. This package would contain digilent adept runtime
> > (http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,66,828&Prod=ADEPT2) and digilent waveform SDK (http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,66,849&Prod=WAVEFORMS)
> > in both case I got an explicit authorization to package it as long as I
> > don't use it for anything else than digilent products (an other ugly
> > point). The thing is that in my lab we write gpl apps which rely on this
> > api and I would like to share this apps on copr.
> > An other point, reverse engineering this crap would be really long since
> > there is an FPGA inside and as usual no source code for it...
> >
> > So is it allowed in such case to build a closed source package since it
> > doesn't really fit the Firmware exception(some files are libs).
> 
> I would guess no:
> https://fedorahosted.org/copr/wiki/UserDocs#WhatIcanbuildinCopr
> 
> You agree not to use Coprs to upload software code or other material 
> ("Material") that:
> ...
> * is governed in whole or in part by a license not contained in the list 
> of acceptable licenses for Fedora, currently located at ​ 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing, as that list may be revised 
> from time to time by the Fedora Project Board;
> 
> 
> Assuming the "evil" license in question here is not on the acceptable 
> list above.
> 
> -- Rex
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