Thank you for these insights. Are you able to provide a link to the RHEL review of ODbL for the Fedora license team to refer to in their review process?
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 11:52 AM Richard Fontana <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 6:49 PM Justin Zobel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Team, > > > > I've just begun packaging for Fedora and of course, I happen to choose > one with a license that needs querying. > > > > The Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) is for database usage > in the kpublictransport KDE library. It is used for access to OpenStreetMap > via the KTrip application designed to aid users in navigating via public > transport. > > > > From the OpenStreetMap Copyright page on their website: > > OpenStreetMap® is open data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Open > Database License (ODbL) by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF). > > > > Open Database License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ > > Open Street Map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright > > KDE Source Repository: > https://invent.kde.org/libraries/kpublictransport/ > > Fedora Source Repository: > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kpublictransport/ > > > > I would like to know if this license is acceptable to Fedora. > > This is somewhat interesting as it is the first case I can think of > where a license that Red Hat has specifically reviewed internally for > inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux has at a later time come up for > a decision in Fedora. > > We actually approved ODBL for RHEL last year, and I think if we had > our contemplated merging of RHEL license review and Fedora license > review in place, it would just end up on the "good" list, but given > that the new process is not yet established it would probably be a > good idea to do another review now that it has come up for Fedora. > > Richard > >
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