Short answer: No. Long answer: This license is too broad and attempts to extend the scope of the license beyond the software and derived works and into things like training materials. Additionally, there is an irony in that this license does not attempt to impose itself on incoming contributions, but rather, uses BSD 2-Clause Plus Patent License. It begs the question of why upstream does not simply use that license (which is Free and acceptable for Fedora).
Tom On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 7:17 PM Miro Hrončok <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this OK for inclusion in Fedora? > https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility3/blob/master/LICENSE.txt > > > Volatility Software License > Version 1.0 dated October 3, 2019. > This license covers the Volatility software, Copyright 2019 Volatility > Foundation. > > Software > The software referred to in this license includes the software named > above, and > any data (such as operating system profiles or configuration information), > and > documentation provided with the software. > > Purpose > This license gives you permission to use, share, and build with this > software > for free, but requires you to share source code for changes, additions, > and > software that you build with it. > > Acceptance > In order to receive this license, you must agree to its rules. The rules > of this > license are both obligations under that agreement and conditions to your > license. You must not do anything with this software that triggers a rule > that > you cannot or will not follow. > > Copyright > Each contributor licenses you to do everything with this software that > would > otherwise infringe that contributor's copyright in it. > > Notices > You must ensure that everyone who gets a copy of any part of this software > from > you, with or without changes, also gets the text of this license or a link > to > https://www.volatilityfoundation.org/license/vsl-v1.0. You must not > remove any > copyright notice in the Software. > > Patent > Each contributor licenses you to do everything with this software that > would > otherwise infringe any patent claims they can license or become able to > license. > > Reliability > No contributor can revoke this license. > > Copyleft > If you make any Additions available to others, such as by providing copies > of > them or providing access to them over the Internet, you must make them > publicly > available, according to this paragraph. "Additions" includes changes or > additions to the software, and any content or materials, including any > training > materials, you create that contain any portion of the software. > "Additions" also > includes any translations or ports of the software. "Additions" also > includes > any software designed to execute the software and parse its results, such > as a > wrapper written for the software, but does not include shell or execution > menu > software designed to execute software generally. When this license > requires you > to make Additions available: > > - You must publish all source code for software under this license, in the > preferred form for making changes, through a freely accessible > distribution > system widely used for similar source code, so the developer and others > can find > and copy it. > - You must publish all data or content under this license, in a format > customarily used to make changes to it, through a freely accessible > distribution > system, so the developer and others can find and copy it. > - You are responsible to ensure you have rights in Additions necessary to > comply > with this section. > > Contributing > If you contribute (or offer to contribute) any materials to Volatility > Foundation for the software, such as by submitting a pull request to the > repository for the software or related content run by Volatility > Foundation, you > agree to contribute them under the under the BSD 2-Clause Plus Patent > License > (in the case of software) or the Creative Commons Zero Public Domain > Dedication > (in the case of content), unless you clearly mark them "Not a > Contribution." > > Trademarks > This license grants you no rights to any trademarks or service marks. > > Termination > If you violate any term of this license, your license ends immediately. > > No Liability > As far as the law allows, the software comes as is, without any warranty > or > condition, and no contributor will be liable to anyone for any damages > related > to this software or this license, under any kind of legal claim. > > Versions > Volatility Foundation is the steward of this license and may publish new > versions of this license with new version numbers. You may use the > software > under the version of this license under which you received the software, > or, at > your choice, any later version. > > -- > Miro Hrončok > -- > Phone: +420777974800 > IRC: mhroncok > _______________________________________________ > legal mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] >
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