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Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')
- From: Johannes Meixner <jsmeix@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:01:15 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707311351090.26972@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hello,
On Jul 31 13:45 Marcus Rueckert wrote (shortened):
> i dont see an issue of having a documentation packaging around that
> carries all used licenses. as a comparison: should an RFC package only
> install the files, which contain infos about my installed services?
Don't mix up usual documentation with legal stuff.
A package license file is not just "documentation".
Often a license file is a contract between the user and the
manufacturer of the software.
I don't know (IANAL) what it means from the legal point of view
if such a contract is installed but the associated software is not,
e.g. when the contract or license talks only about "the software".
Again and again:
This is not a technical issue. It is a legal issue.
Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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