Bug 892111

Summary: zeromq is non-free (licensed under AFPL) file included
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: mejiko <private>
Component: zeromqAssignee: Thomas Spura <tomspur>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description mejiko 2013-01-05 09:00:54 UTC
Hello.

zeromq included non-free files

Source RPM is "zeromq-2.1.11-1.fc17.src.rpm"


Files and Licenses:

Files:

zeromq-2.1.11/foreign/xmlParser/*

License: AFPL and BSD

But BSD license apply is "project specific". (see "zeromq-2.1.11/foreign/xmlParser/*" datails.)

Its non-free.



Suggests:

1. Remove non-free file and rebuild.
2. replace to fedora-free code. (e.g libxml)
3. Remove to fedora repos.

Thanks.


Reference:

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicense
http://artifex.com/downloads/doc/Public.htm
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing#Bad_Licenses

Comment 1 mejiko 2013-01-05 09:01:37 UTC
Blocking FE-Legal, This is license problem.

Comment 2 Thomas Spura 2013-01-05 14:43:11 UTC
Thanks for the bug report.

I can't find any reference, where this xmlparser is actually in use in the build log, e.g.:
http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/zeromq/2.2.0/3.fc19/data/logs/x86_64/build.log
http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/zeromq/2.1.11/1.fc17/data/logs/x86_64/build.log

Furthermore, these files are redistributed along zeromq ('redistributed' means bundled in the tar ball and provided for downloading on fedora infrastructure in this case.). As I see it, this is allowed as zeromq is allowed to use it under the terms of BSD, so I don't need to remove it from the tar ball before uploading it, isn't it?

I'd suggest removing them in %prep and then not using them (as we already do now AFAIK).

I wait for a final decision by FE-Legal before either:
* removing them in %prep and still ship it in the uploaded tar ball.
* removing them before uploading and request rel-eng to remove all tar balls, which contain those files from fedora infrastructure.

Comment 3 Tom "spot" Callaway 2013-01-07 18:34:02 UTC
I agree with Thomas. If these files are unused, they can be removed in %prep, we do not need to make a new tarball. Additionally, RH Legal confirms that we can safely treat these files as being under BSD.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-01-14 08:54:56 UTC
zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc17

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-01-14 08:55:08 UTC
zeromq-2.2.0-4.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/zeromq-2.2.0-4.el6

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-01-14 08:55:19 UTC
zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc18

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-01-14 09:06:10 UTC
zeromq-2.2.0-4.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/zeromq-2.2.0-4.el5

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-01-14 09:06:20 UTC
zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc16

Comment 9 Thomas Spura 2013-01-14 09:59:00 UTC
zeromq3 is not affected by this as it does not ship "foreign/xmlParser/".

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2013-01-15 02:21:14 UTC
Package zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc16'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-0794/zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2013-01-23 16:09:25 UTC
zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2013-01-23 16:28:25 UTC
zeromq-2.2.0-4.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2013-02-01 13:18:53 UTC
zeromq-2.2.0-4.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.