Re: Licensing problem for Fedora

[Jon Phillips <jon rejon org>]

On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 12:34 -0400, Todd Kulesza wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> Absolutely, if you can prepare a patch, I'll get it committed as soon as 
> possible.
> 
> Cheers,
> Todd

With that being said, did anyone write a patch to handle categories too?

Jon

> Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > I maintain the drivel package in Fedora, and have recently noticed that
> > the license for the md5.c and md5.h code in drivel is licensed under the
> > Aladdin Free Software License[1] ("AFSL").  That license has been
> > declared as non-free by the Free Software Foundation, and packages with
> > AFSL-licensed code are no longer permitted in Fedora.  As a matter of
> > fact, the AFSL is incompatible with the GPL according to the Free
> > Software Foundation.
> > 
> > However, the openssl library should be able to provide the MD5 functions
> > needed to eliminate the need for this code in drivel.  If I can generate
> > a patch for this, can it be committed quickly?  I've seen so little
> > traffic from this list I am worried I will simply have to drop the
> > package from Fedora, which I'd like to avoid, especially since I use it
> > myself. :-)
> > 
> > Replies?  Comments?
> > 
> > 
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