* Neal Gompa: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 7:23 AM Florian Weimer <fwei...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> * Fabio Valentini: >> >> > I think the problem here is not that GPLcompatibility of *new* >> > licenses may need to be determined, >> >> I don't understand why this is necessary. What would we do with this >> information? Would it impact what can become part of Fedora in any way? >> > > It helps packagers figure out whether something can be brought into > Fedora, it helps upstream developers figure out what they can work > with, and so on. Fedora is considered the practical authority on FOSS > licensing alongside Debian, and that's because Tom did a great job > with legal outreach on behalf of Fedora. People use Fedora guidance to > make decisions. Removing that information is an abdication of that > responsibility and the leadership Fedora has held for decades.
I don't understand. Has lack of GPL compatibility of a license ever blocked acceptance of software into Fedora, except in one or two cases where an upstream tried to relicense GPL code under a different license? Thanks, Florian _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-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/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
