On Sun, Jul 26, 2026 at 4:38 AM Mattia Verga via legal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Richard Fontana wrote: > > So I'm guessing you must be talking about what license > > files are bundled with the binary package and installed in > > /usr/share/licenses ? Being selective about what license files get > > installed is already standard though problematically documented Fedora > > packaging practice, so this seems okay assuming you're sufficiently > > careful about what you decide to "remove" (I'm confused though about > > what you mean by "remove" because if my understanding is correct you > > are not removing anything, rather you are choosing not to *add* > > certain license files). > > Yes, I mean that. During installation, Rawtherapee puts all those license > files in /usr/share/licenses, but I think really few of them are actually > needed and I'm going to just remove them from the buildroot (I do not want to > modify sources). > For example, Rawtherapee upstream defaults to use the bundled libRaw, but we > use the Fedora package, so I think libRaw license file should not end in the > RPM package. Right?
I mean, it seems sort of harmless, but sure. It's the opposite of the usual situation where a Fedora package is only putting a subset of all applicable licenses in /usr/share/licenses according to some unclear standard that can only be understood as rooted in historical tradition. > I totally don't understand why they (upstream) put license files of libraries > that aren't even bundled in any way... my understanding is that's not right. > Or is there a possible reason from a legal point to distribute those licenses > also in the final RPM? I've seen projects do things like this; they may be assuming they have to for compliance. But at least in the case you describe it seems like it shouldn't be necessary. 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, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
