legal January 2021

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Brainpool Curves in Fedora (openssl, libgcrypt, gnupg)
by Timothée Ravier 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Hi everyone, The ECC Brainpool Curves [1][2] are currently not available in Fedora as according to this BZ [3], this needs Fedora Legal approval. Could someone from the legal team take a look to see if there are any blockers regarding Brainpool Curves inclusion in Fedora? Thanks! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_cryptography#Implementation [2] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5639 [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413618

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AGPL exception question
by Jerry James 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

I'm working on the latest MuseScore release. They have bundled a new font, Edwin, which is released under the AGPL version 3. The license text includes this: The font and related files in this directory are distributed under the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 (see the file COPYING), with the following exemption: As a special exception, permission is granted to include these font programs in a Postscript or PDF file that consists of a document that contains text to be displayed or printed using this font, regardless of the conditions or license applying to the document itself. Is that worth noting as a "with exceptions" clause, or should I just use AGPLv3 for the license? On a mostly unrelated note, I clicked on the "Upstream URL" link for "Affero General Public License 3.0 with Zarafa trademark exceptions" on the licensing list, and got a 404. Regards, -- Jerry James http://www.jamezone.org/

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Nmap Public Source License (NPSL) Version 0.92
by Ben Cotton 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

After review, Fedora has determined that the Nmap Public Source License (NPSL) Version 0.92[1] is not acceptable for use in Fedora. We have updated our "Bad License" list[2] to include NPSL. No software under that license may be included in Fedora (including EPEL and COPRs). The license includes restrictions on "proprietary software companies", which is a field of endeavor restriction contrary to the Open Source Definition[3]. If future versions of the NPSL are released, they will be re-evaluated for use in Fedora. [1] https://nmap.org/npsl/npsl-annotated.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main#Bad_Licenses [3] https://opensource.org/osd -- Ben Cotton He / Him / His Senior Program Manager, Fedora & CentOS Stream Red Hat TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis

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