On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 9:52 PM Justin Zobel <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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?
Unfortunately in this case there really isn't anything to link to apart from a snarky comment by me about how lengthy the license is :-) Richard > > 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 >> _______________________________________________ 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] Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
