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Bug 454480 - Review Request: extjs-lgpl - Last version of ExtJS released under the LGPL v3 license
Summary: Review Request: extjs-lgpl - Last version of ExtJS released under the LGPL v3...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: FE-Legal
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-07-08 18:53 UTC by Dave Malcolm
Modified: 2008-07-11 02:27 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-07-08 21:23:24 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
LICENSE.txt from zipfile (2.26 KB, text/plain)
2008-07-08 18:54 UTC, Dave Malcolm 		no flags Details
LICENSE.txt from ext-2.1.zip (1.04 KB, text/plain)
2008-07-11 00:33 UTC, Chris Ball 		no flags Details
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Description Dave Malcolm 2008-07-08 18:53:00 UTC 
Spec URL: http://dmalcolm.fedorapeople.org/extjs-lgpl.spec
SRPM URL: http://dmalcolm.fedorapeople.org/extjs-lgpl-2.0.2-1.src.rpm
Description: 
Ext JS is a JavaScript library for building internet applications, hiding
cross-browser differences.

It was recently relicensed from LGPLv3 to GPLv3.  This is a packaging in rpm form of a zip file from extjs.com that I believe to be the last version of extjs licensed under the LGPL.
Comment 1 Dave Malcolm 2008-07-08 18:54:28 UTC 
Created attachment 311307 [details]
LICENSE.txt from zipfile

LICENSE.txt taken from http://extjs.com/deploy/ext-2.0.2.zip
which has this m5dsum:
afb2619b828f8b6d947aff3c02340159  ext-2.0.2.zip
Comment 2 Ville Skyttä 2008-07-08 21:12:40 UTC 
FWIW, all of the terms in the "License of CSS and Graphics ("Assets")" (no
derived works, no unbundled use) and "Open Source License" chapters (additional
commercial use restrictions on top of the LGPL), smell pretty much non-free to me.
Comment 3 Tom "spot" Callaway 2008-07-08 21:23:24 UTC 
So, I looked into this, and I agree with Ville. It doesn't appear that the ExtJS
code was ever just under the LGPL, just this LGPL+horrible nonsense license.

I think this is no-go for Fedora. :/
Comment 4 Chris Ball 2008-07-11 00:32:29 UTC 
The GPLv3 relicensed version appears not to contain the horrible nonsense. 
Attaching LICENSE.txt from extjs2.1.zip.
Comment 5 Chris Ball 2008-07-11 00:33:23 UTC 
Created attachment 311527 [details]
LICENSE.txt from ext-2.1.zip
Comment 6 Chris Ball 2008-07-11 00:47:08 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> It was recently relicensed from LGPLv3 to GPLv3.  This is a packaging in rpm
form of a zip file from extjs.com that I believe to be the last version of extjs
licensed under the LGPL.

Is there a reason to prefer the LGPL-licensed versions, given comment #4?
Comment 7 Jason Tibbitts 2008-07-11 02:27:16 UTC 
Chris, perhaps it would be instructive to read
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450013#c21 and the following comments.
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