Subject: Free Software audit update
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.advisory-board
Date: 2006-08-18 20:58:39 GMT (2 years, 45 weeks, 6 days, 8 hours and 19 minutes ago)
Here is the latest status update on the FSF Free Software audit of Fedora: * FSF gave me answers on some of the licenses, still have to review the others (waiting on lha, libc-client, xorg-x11-proto-devel). * cdrtools is back to the GPL only version, so it is resolved. * aspell-nl moved to the GPL licensed package, so it is resolved. * crypto-utils got new GPL code to replace the PGP licensed bits, so it is now resolved (thanks Joe Orton!). * ckermit was removed from Fedora, so it is resolved (thanks Jesse Keating!). * macutils was removed from Fedora, so it is resolved (thanks Jesse Keating, Bill Nottingham). * netpbm had all of the unlicensed or improper files removed from the source tarball, so it is resolved (thanks Jindrich Novy!). * FSF says ImageMagick's license is OK (Free, GPL-compat), so it is resolved. * FSF says selinux-doc's license is OK (Free, GPL-incompat), so it is resolved. * FSF says cleanfeed's license is non-free, so we need to deal with it. Bugzilla filed. * Next week, I'll try to test lesstif as a replacement for openmotif. We're almost there. After FC-6 releases, I'll start an audit on Fedora Extras. THE KNOWN UNKNOWNS (3): Packages of questionable licenses that need to be blessed or damned by the FSF: ####################################################################### PACKAGE NAME || RPM provided license || Notes ####################################################################### lha || freeware || Waiting on FSF libc-client-* || U of W Free Fork || Waiting on FSF xorg-x11-proto-devel || The Open Group || Waiting on FSF THE KNOWNS (2): Packages with non-free licenses that need to be taken out of Fedora Core and moved to Fedora Extras (or trashed entirely) ####################################################################### PACKAGE NAME || RPM provided license || Notes ####################################################################### cleanfeed || distributable || Bugzilla 203195 openmotif-* || Open Group Public || Bugzilla 202527 Everything else in Fedora Core checks out with an FSF compatible license. -- Tom "spot" Callaway: Red Hat Technical Team Lead || GPG ID: 93054260 Fedora Extras Steering Committee Member (RPM Standards and Practices) Aurora Linux Project Leader: http://auroralinux.org Lemurs, llamas, and sparcs, oh my! _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board <at> redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board