[Fedora-legal-list] Re: can we bundle CNN models for wechat_qrcode ?
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 01:38:44AM +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote: > > > > And this question is about whether the addition of the code at > > https://github.com/WeChatCV/opencv_3rdparty to opencv is okay from a > > licensing perspective? And there is no license info in those files. > Not additional code but additional binaries which "there is no license > info in those files" neither if these models have any kind of patent . My intuition is that this is "content" under Fedora policies [1] although I can also see an argument that trained AI models are actually more like compiled code. I don't think we have a good handle on this as it is an emerging field. If it _is_ "content", it would need to be under one of these licenses: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/allowed-licenses/#_allowed_content_licenses or another license which may have the following exceptions to our normal rules for free and open source: * The license may restrict or prohibit modification * The license may say that it does not cover patents or grant any patent licenses I guess one could make the argument that these models are somehow like "firmware", but I'm very skeptical about that. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/license-approval/#_allowed_for_firmware All of that stuff is kind of irrelevant if there is *no* license, though. -- Matthew Miller Fedora Project Leader ___ legal mailing list -- legal@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to legal-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org 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/legal@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
[Fedora-legal-list] Re: can we bundle CNN models for wechat_qrcode ?
On Thu, 2022-10-13 at 16:36 -0600, Jilayne Lovejoy wrote: > HI Sergio (removing other email list), > > To make sure I understand - is opencv a package already included in > Fedora? yes for a quite while , https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/opencv/ > > And this question is about whether the addition of the code at > https://github.com/WeChatCV/opencv_3rdparty to opencv is okay from a > licensing perspective? And there is no license info in those files. Not additional code but additional binaries which "there is no license info in those files" neither if these models have any kind of patent . > But how does that relate to what is in this repo: > https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/tree/4.x/modules/wechat_qrcode > ? wechat_qrcode module needs that binaries to work. And the question is if we can add them to the opencv package > Also, that link is a fork - is the overall intention that WeChat > QRCode > be added to https://github.com/opencv/opencv/tree/4.x/3rdparty) ? This 3rdparty is different, this is software that is needed to build opencv, but is not part of opencv. Almost all of this 3rdparty software is removed, before the build starts because we already have this software on Fedora. For example libpng, protobuf or libjasper . > (sorry if these are silly questions!) Sorry for my weak English and feel free to ask more > Thanks, > Jilayne > > > > On 10/11/22 5:38 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: > > Hi, > > Recently opencv add to opencv_contrib "CNN models for wechat_qrcode > > module, including the detector model and the super scale model." > > https://github.com/WeChatCV/opencv_3rdparty > > > > CNN models is about "Object Detection using CNNs" > > https://docs.opencv.org/4.x/d2/da2/tutorial_dnn_objdetect.html > > > > I proposed add the models > > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/opencv/pull-request/21# > > > > The lack of information of the License of these "models" , make me > > think I should ask to legal ? if we can bundle these binaries that > > are > > in a 3rdparty repo. > > In the opencv_contrib code we have this License information > > https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/blob/4.x/modules/wechat_qrcode/LICENSE > > > > Thanks, > -- Sérgio M. B. ___ legal mailing list -- legal@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to legal-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org 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/legal@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
[Fedora-legal-list] Re: can we bundle CNN models for wechat_qrcode ?
HI Sergio (removing other email list), To make sure I understand - is opencv a package already included in Fedora? And this question is about whether the addition of the code at https://github.com/WeChatCV/opencv_3rdparty to opencv is okay from a licensing perspective? And there is no license info in those files. But how does that relate to what is in this repo: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/tree/4.x/modules/wechat_qrcode ? Also, that link is a fork - is the overall intention that WeChat QRCode be added to https://github.com/opencv/opencv/tree/4.x/3rdparty) ? (sorry if these are silly questions!) Thanks, Jilayne On 10/11/22 5:38 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: Hi, Recently opencv add to opencv_contrib "CNN models for wechat_qrcode module, including the detector model and the super scale model." https://github.com/WeChatCV/opencv_3rdparty CNN models is about "Object Detection using CNNs" https://docs.opencv.org/4.x/d2/da2/tutorial_dnn_objdetect.html I proposed add the models https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/opencv/pull-request/21# The lack of information of the License of these "models" , make me think I should ask to legal ? if we can bundle these binaries that are in a 3rdparty repo. In the opencv_contrib code we have this License information https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/blob/4.x/modules/wechat_qrcode/LICENSE Thanks, ___ legal mailing list -- legal@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to legal-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org 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/legal@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
