tir, 11 03 2008 kl. 08:41 -0400, skrev Todd Zullinger: > Tim wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 08:25 +0100, Kenn Thyrsted wrote: > > * Sat Jan 26 2008 Martin Sourada <martin.sourada@xxxxxxxxx> - 0.6.2-1 > > - New upstream. Patches merged into upstream > > - Update license to GPLv2+ > > > > That's what it changed to. You could look into an older package, to see > > what the license used to be, if you've got an older one handy. > > This is where looking at the package's history is really handy. > Fedora packages currently use CVS for maintaining the changes to spec > files and such. You can browse the history of the gtk-nodoka-engine > spec at: http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/rpms/gtk-nodoka-engine/ > > The last change to the Fedora 8 spec file is at: > http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/rpms/gtk-nodoka-engine/F-8/gtk-nodoka-engine.spec?r1=1.9&r2=1.10 > > So, the license was clarified from GPL version 2, to GPL version 2 or > any later version. (This seemingly minor distinction is important > because it allows you to use the code under the GPL version 3 if you > want to -- or if you need to in order to combine the code with some > other software that is GPL version 3 only or GPL version 3 or later.) > > In this particular case, the license was clarified upstream (though > the distinction isn't terribly large, as the Fedora package maintainer > is also the upstream maintainer). The change set showing where the > license was clarified as GPLv2 or later is: > https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/nodoka/changeset/9ceba709349a569bbd7fa0680652f849de5788cc > > >> Needless to say, - i was rather surprised by the fact that licenses is > >> more or less silently changed. > >> > >> - Does any of You know if this is "business as usual" in fedora ? > > Often times, the license change is really just a clarification of the > license in the Fedora package. Packages used to use a simpler set of > short names for various licenses (e.g. GPL for any GPL license > version). That's problematic because there are incompatibilities > between GPLv2 and GPLv3. There's a nice long page describing the > licenses which are acceptable for Fedora packages on the wiki: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing > > HTH, > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Thanks. I feel much more at ease, now :-) Kenn
