Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (798 mails)

[Martin Schlander <martin.schlander@xxxxxxxxx>]

Onsdag den 2. februar 2011 13:32:46 skrev jdd:
> Hello,
>
> I always try to make things better. This other thread I don't want to
> quote makes me ask if there is somewhere
>
> * a list of the licences openSUSE accepts for free (OSS) repository
> * a list of the licences accepted for the non free repository (non-OSS)
> * a list of the licence openSUSE refuses at all
>
> preferably motivated
>
> we, at the LDP, did something similar with the result here
> (http://wiki.tldp.org/LdpWikiDefaultLicence) - it's just an example,
> as openSUSE have to cope non only with texts but also with programms.
>
> We shouldn't have to refere to any non-openSUSE page for that matter.
> Of course if this don't yet exists, it should be created with the
> backup of Novell lawyers if possible

Don't forget that not only licences need to be considered. Other ("legal") 
issues can block packages too (e.g. patents and other weirdness).
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