Bug 1368082 - Texlive contain non-free content.
Summary: Texlive contain non-free content.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: texlive
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tom "spot" Callaway
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks: FE-Legal
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-08-18 10:29 UTC by mejiko
Modified: 2016-10-03 14:06 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2016-10-03 14:06:50 UTC
Type: Bug
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Debian BTS 288885 0 None None None 2016-08-18 10:46:09 UTC
Debian BTS 823143 0 None None None 2016-08-18 10:47:12 UTC
Debian BTS 824068 0 None None None 2016-08-18 10:29:06 UTC

Description mejiko 2016-08-18 10:29:07 UTC
Hello.

TexLive included non-free or unclear license.


Packages and File list:


#Creative commons license, contain "non-commercial" restriction. (E,g cc-by-nc, cc-by-nc-sa, cc-by-nc-nd, etc...)


Package name: uowthesistitlepage, uowthesistitlepage-doc

File Path:

doc/latex/uowthesistitlepage/uowthesistitlepage_doc.tex 
tex/latex/uowthesistitlepage/uowthesistitlepage.sty


Package name: computational-complexity-doc

File Path:

doc/latex/computational-complexity/cc-cls-inline.tex


Package name: context-doc

File Path:

texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/xtables/*
texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/swiglib/*
texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/tools/*

Details: texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/readme/mreadme.tex

This bug already reported (Debian).

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=823143


Package name: sympytexpackage-doc

File Path:

All content.

Details: doc/latex/sympytexpackage/README

This bug already reported (Debian).
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=824068


#license is commercial use restriction.


Package name: beebe

File path:

bibtex/bst/beebe/astron.bst
bibtex/bst/beebe/jtb.bst


Package name: ltxindex

File path:

source/latex/ltxindex/ltxindex.dtx



Package name: arabtex and arabtex-doc

File path:

All contents.

Details: doc/latex/arabtex/arabtex.faq 




#license is questionable, unclear.


Package name: adjmulticol

File Path:

source/latex/adjmulticol/adjmulticol.dtx
tex/latex/adjmulticol/adjmulticol.sty

Reason: This license is LPPL, but commercial use is require license fee.


Package name: tools

File Path:

source/latex/tools/multicol.dtx
tex/latex/tools/multicol.sty

Reason: This license is LPPL, but commercial use is require license fee.


Package name: suftesi

File Path:

source/latex/suftesi/suftesi.dtx

Reason: Creative commons license (contain non-commercial restriction) statement is find. 



Package name: toptesi

File path:

source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx

Reason: Creative commons license (contain non-commercial restriction) statement is find. 



Package name: philosophersimprint

File Path:

source/latex/philosophersimprint/philosophersimprint.dtx

Reason: Creative commons license (contain non-commercial restriction) statement is find. 


CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND ,commercial restriction license, and unclear license is non-free.

I suggest that resolve license problem.

Thanks.

Comment 1 mejiko 2016-08-18 10:46:10 UTC
Additional reference (arabtex) 

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=288885

Comment 2 Tom "spot" Callaway 2016-09-28 18:02:35 UTC
All responses refer to audit on texlive 2016.

(In reply to mejiko from comment #0)

> #Creative commons license, contain "non-commercial" restriction. (E,g
> cc-by-nc, cc-by-nc-sa, cc-by-nc-nd, etc...)
> 
> 
> Package name: uowthesistitlepage, uowthesistitlepage-doc

Both of these packages are dual licensed CC-BY-NC-SA or LPPL. We choose LPPL.

> Package name: computational-complexity-doc

License is LPPL (see README). 

> Package name: context-doc
> 
> File Path:
> 
> texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/xtables/*
> texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/swiglib/*
> texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/tools/*
> 
> Details: texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/readme/mreadme.tex

License is CC-BY-SA. 

> Package name: sympytexpackage-doc

Docs under CC-BY-NC-SA were removed in upstream texlive 2016. 

> Package name: beebe
> 
> File path:
> 
> bibtex/bst/beebe/astron.bst
> bibtex/bst/beebe/jtb.bst

Files are non-free. They will be removed in Fedora's texlive 2016 update by using a cleaned beebe tarball.

> Package name: ltxindex
> 
> File path:
> 
> source/latex/ltxindex/ltxindex.dtx

File is GPLv2+.

> Package name: arabtex and arabtex-doc
> 
> File path:
> 
> All contents.
> 
> Details: doc/latex/arabtex/arabtex.faq 

FAQ is outdated. License is LPPL:
ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/readme.txt


> Package name: adjmulticol
> 
> File Path:
> 
> source/latex/adjmulticol/adjmulticol.dtx
> tex/latex/adjmulticol/adjmulticol.sty
> 
> Reason: This license is LPPL, but commercial use is require license fee.
>
> Package name: tools
> 
> File Path:
> 
> source/latex/tools/multicol.dtx
> tex/latex/tools/multicol.sty
> 
> Reason: This license is LPPL, but commercial use is require license fee.

Need to discuss this license with Red Hat Legal before moving forward on these two.

> Package name: suftesi
> 
> File Path:
> 
> source/latex/suftesi/suftesi.dtx
> 
> Reason: Creative commons license (contain non-commercial restriction)
> statement is find. 

This is a bit confusing, but suftesi is LPPL, and defaults to marking generating works as being under the CC-BY-NC-ND license. Because suftesi is LPPL, it is possible to alter it to generate works under any license terms, and this "default" is not binding, as there is no CC-BY-NC-ND content in suftesi to inherit into works.

> Package name: toptesi
> 
> File path:
> 
> source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx
> 
> Reason: Creative commons license (contain non-commercial restriction)
> statement is find. 

License is LPPL.

> Package name: philosophersimprint
> 
> File Path:
> 
> source/latex/philosophersimprint/philosophersimprint.dtx
> 
> Reason: Creative commons license (contain non-commercial restriction)
> statement is find. 

Same situation as toptesi, but this one is a little better commented:

% By default all papers in the journal are licensed under
%  under a Creative Commons
%  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.  You can
%  override this setting by using \cmd{\copyrightlicense}\marg{Other
%  license}.

Code in philosophersimprint is LPPL. User can choose license on works it generates.

Comment 3 Tom "spot" Callaway 2016-10-03 14:06:50 UTC
(In reply to Tom "spot" Callaway from comment #2)

> > Package name: adjmulticol
> > 
> > File Path:
> > 
> > source/latex/adjmulticol/adjmulticol.dtx
> > tex/latex/adjmulticol/adjmulticol.sty
> > 
> > Reason: This license is LPPL, but commercial use is require license fee.
> >
> > Package name: tools
> > 
> > File Path:
> > 
> > source/latex/tools/multicol.dtx
> > tex/latex/tools/multicol.sty
> > 
> > Reason: This license is LPPL, but commercial use is require license fee.
> 
> Need to discuss this license with Red Hat Legal before moving forward on
> these two.

The "multicol" license clause which describes a "moral" application of perceived commercial value (including scenarios in which no value is perceived by the downstream consumer) is on shaky interpretive ground as is, however, that point is rendered irrelevant by the wording which describes the clause as something that the consumer is "asked" to do, making it optional, rather than mandatory ("must" do). Accordingly, we treat the entire clause as optional, and choose not to honor it, nor require any downstream consumers from Fedora to honor it.

Basically, we no-op all of that nonsense away, because we can, and we're left with just LPPL. Sometimes, the fact that licenses are obviously not written by lawyers makes these situations simpler (though, that is rare, and not usually what the author intends).

I've removed the non-free files from beebe in rawhide, which resolves all the issues in this bug report.


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