Bug 886844 - fRaBs License Problem (non-commercial use)
Summary: fRaBs License Problem (non-commercial use)
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: fRaBs
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Hans de Goede
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: FE-Legal
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-12-13 10:40 UTC by mejiko
Modified: 2012-12-17 16:35 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-12-17 16:33:03 UTC
Type: Bug
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Debian BTS 648272 0 None None None Never
GNU Savannah 33450 0 None None None Never

Description mejiko 2012-12-13 10:40:36 UTC
Hello.

fRaBs package included non free addons. 

Addon: Claudio Addon (See /usr/share/fRaBs/addon/claudio/claudio.lsp)

This addon license is "non-commercial use only". Its non-free.
Note: This is content, not code.


Suggests:

1. Remove Claudio Addon and repack.
2. Remove Fedora repos.

Thanks.




Reference:

http://abuse.zoy.org/browser/abuse-frabs/trunk/addon/claudio/claudio.lsp?rev=44

http://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#Free_Abuse_Extensions

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Code_Vs_Content

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main#Content_Licenses

Comment 1 mejiko 2012-12-14 10:35:35 UTC
Blocked FE-Legal, This is license problem.

Comment 2 Hans de Goede 2012-12-17 16:33:03 UTC
Thanks for reporting this!

It turns out the removing the claudio addon completely breaks abuse as many other parts have started depending on it over time, see:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648272

Therefor the best way forward is retiring fRaBs + abuse and removing it from any future Fedora releases.

I've run through the entire retire procedure as described here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_remove_a_package_at_end_of_life

The ticket for blocking it from inclusion in future releases is here:
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5422

Closing.

Comment 3 Matthew Miller 2012-12-17 16:35:56 UTC
In addition to "non-commercial", the license appears to say that non-commercial use and modification is okay, but any distribution requires permission.


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