Bug 840199 - Unacceptable license
Summary: Unacceptable license
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: ipw2200-firmware
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matthias Saou
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-07-14 08:46 UTC by Account closed by user
Modified: 2012-07-14 14:21 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-07-14 14:21:10 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
license (11.73 KB, application/octet-stream)
2012-07-14 08:47 UTC, Account closed by user
no flags Details

Description Account closed by user 2012-07-14 08:46:43 UTC
EXHIBIT "A"

SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (Final, Single User)

IMPORTANT - READ BEFORE COPYING, INSTALLING OR USING.

Do not use or load this firmware image (the "Software") until you have carefully
read the following terms and conditions. By loading or using the Software, you
agree to the terms of this Agreement. If you do not wish to so agree, do not
install or use the Software.
[...]

Comment 1 Account closed by user 2012-07-14 08:47:45 UTC
Created attachment 598233 [details]
license

Comment 2 Tom "spot" Callaway 2012-07-14 14:21:10 UTC
The Fedora Project considers a firmware license acceptable if:

* it allows some form of royalty-free use, subject to restrictions that the Fedora Project has determined are acceptable for firmware licenses (see below), and
* it does not restrict redistribution in ways that would make a software license unacceptable under Fedora licensing guidelines, except by:

* requiring that the firmware be redistributed only as incorporated in the redistributor's product (or as a maintenance update for existing end users of the redistributor's product), possibly limited further to those products of the redistributor that support or contain the hardware associated with the licensed firmware; and
        
* requiring the redistributor to pass on or impose conditions on users that are no more restrictive than those authorized by this Fedora firmware licensing policy. 

A non-exhaustive list of restrictions on use that Fedora considers acceptable for firmware licenses are:

* any restrictions that are found in software licenses that are acceptable for Fedora;
* prohibitions on modification;
* prohibitions on reverse engineering, disassembly or decompilation;
* restricting use to use in conjunction with the hardware associated with the firmware license. 

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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Binary_Firmware

This license, while clearly non-free for software, is acceptable under these terms for Fedora Binary Firmware.


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