Note: This is a public test instance of Red Hat Bugzilla. The data contained within is a snapshot of the live data so any changes you make will not be reflected in the production Bugzilla. Email is disabled so feel free to test any aspect of the site that you want. File any problems you find or give feedback at bugzilla.redhat.com.
Bug 886844 - fRaBs License Problem (non-commercial use)
Summary: fRaBs License Problem (non-commercial use)
Keywords:
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
URL:
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)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-12-17 16:33:03 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
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.
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.