Bug 836112 - Binary packages of php-xapian aren't legally redistributable
Summary: Binary packages of php-xapian aren't legally redistributable
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xapian-bindings
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Robinson
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: FE-Legal
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Reported: 2012-06-28 07:05 UTC by Olly Betts
Modified: 2012-07-30 04:57 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-07-30 04:57:53 UTC
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Description Olly Betts 2012-06-28 07:05:44 UTC
Fedora has started packaging Xapian's PHP bindings:

http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=xapian-bindings.git;a=commit;h=d557cb7c4b97a5915f04db0c5dfc0a27c9b3b0c7

However, these currently combine code under GPLv2+ and the PHP 3.01 licences, which are incompatible - you can't legally distribute binary packages of the result:

http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/FAQ/PHP%20Bindings%20Package

Comment 1 Peter Robinson 2012-06-28 12:30:06 UTC
spot: can you review please

Comment 2 Adel Gadllah 2012-06-29 06:48:01 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Fedora has started packaging Xapian's PHP bindings:
> 
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=xapian-bindings.git;a=commit;
> h=d557cb7c4b97a5915f04db0c5dfc0a27c9b3b0c7
> 
> However, these currently combine code under GPLv2+ and the PHP 3.01
> licences, which are incompatible - you can't legally distribute binary
> packages of the result:
> 
> http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/FAQ/PHP%20Bindings%20Package

This is the reason why I didn't enable them in the past. See http://trac.xapian.org/ticket/191 for the upstream discussion.

Comment 3 Tom "spot" Callaway 2012-07-02 20:30:21 UTC
Yeah, you need to disable the PHP bindings because of this licensing issue. Sorry.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-07-16 21:43:00 UTC
xapian-core-1.2.12-1.fc17,xapian-bindings-1.2.12-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xapian-core-1.2.12-1.fc17,xapian-bindings-1.2.12-1.fc17

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-07-19 09:05:44 UTC
Package xapian-core-1.2.12-1.fc17, xapian-bindings-1.2.12-1.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing xapian-core-1.2.12-1.fc17 xapian-bindings-1.2.12-1.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-10809/xapian-core-1.2.12-1.fc17,xapian-bindings-1.2.12-1.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-07-30 04:57:53 UTC
xapian-core-1.2.12-1.fc17, xapian-bindings-1.2.12-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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