Thank you all for your opinions on the matter. The situation with really long license tags is not ideal but if it is the most safe thing to do then I suppose it is the right thing to do.
On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 8:03 PM Stephen Smoogen <ssmoo...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 at 11:43, Fabio Valentini <decatho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 6:58 PM Michael Catanzaro <mcatanz...@redhat.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > On Fri, Mar 10 2023 at 04:17:13 PM -0500, Matthew Miller >> > <mat...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: >> > > Yeah, this is a change from previous guidance. Instead of trying to >> > > calculate >> > > the effect, just state what's there. Even if it makes the expression >> > > kind of >> > > long and unwieldy. >> > > >> > >> > Just for avoidance of doubt: this guidance is completely impractical >> > and it can only be followed for simple packages. >> >> I can only agree here. >> For example, for many non-trivial Rust packages, just "listing what's >> there" without doing some amount of simplification will result in >> > License tags that are >100 characters long. I don't know if there's >> any limit to the length of RPM headers, but if there is, we might hit >> the limit with the "guidance" ... >> >> > That may be the case, but if something is that complicated in licensing.. > not letting a downloader know about it is setting them and us up for > problems. People have been boiling software together like licenses don't > matter and mixing lots of things which may not be readily mixable. This > makes the area ripe for submarine and similar nuisance lawsuits. It is our > responsibility as packagers to be aware of this and try to make sure we are > making smart choices for ourselves and our consumers. > > >> Fabio >> _______________________________________________ >> 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, report it: >> https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >> > > > -- > Stephen Smoogen, Red Hat Automotive > Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle. > -- Ian MacClaren > _______________________________________________ > 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, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >
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