Bug 892109 – mrpt is non-free (licensed under AFPL) file included

Bug 892109 - mrpt is non-free (licensed under AFPL) file included

Summary:	mrpt is non-free (licensed under AFPL) file included

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	mrpt (Show other bugs)
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Version:	17
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

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Assigned To:	Rich Mattes
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Blocks:	FE-Legal
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Reported:	2013-01-05 03:54 EST by mejiko
Modified:	2013-01-07 13:43 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2013-01-07 13:43:40 EST
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Description mejiko 2013-01-05 03:54:37 EST

Hello.

mrpt included non-free files.

Source RPM is "mrpt-0.9.5-0.2.20110917svn2662.fc17.src.rpm"



Files and licenses:

File:

mrpt-0.9.5/libs/base/src/utils/xmlparser/xmlParser.h 

License: AFPL and BSD

But BSD license apply is "project specific". (see "mrpt-0.9.5/libs/base/src/utils/xmlparser/xmlParser.h" datails.)

Its non-free.

Note: AFPL is "Aladdin Free Public License".


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 03:55:16 EST

Blocking FE-Legal, This is license problem.

Comment 2 Tom "spot" Callaway 2013-01-07 13:43:40 EST

Red Hat Legal reviewed the "specificity" clause and determined that it was acceptable to treat the xmlParser code as BSD within the mrpt package. Closing NOTABUG.

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