![]() ![]() The Perl community agrees with this assessment.They say that the text is vague, and that it is open to misinterpretation. The FSF says it is not a free license.We no longer permit code in Fedora under the Artistic 1.0 license for a variety of reasons: In accordance with the Fedora Licensing policy, we have removed some packages which were only available under the Artistic 1.0 license. Package dependencies are described above. These packages will be gone from Fedora.Īny users expecting these packages to be in Fedora will experience their absense, however, I suspect most of these packages are not widely used. Package blocked in F-10, but likely to be revived at some point in the near future, so not killed off entirely.ĭEAD.PACKAGE I've emailed the upstream authors, last email sent Friday July 11, 2008, no response ever received. Upstream is working with the SFLC to try to relicense (confirmed via email on Sat July 12, 2008). Emailed upstream again on Friday, Jto try to restart the process. In 2007, upstream agreed to relicense in principle, most contributors were ok with Artistic 2.0, then thread died off. Upstream replied on Saturday, Jthat they have no intention of relicensing. ![]() Emailed again on Friday Jto see if they are more willing now. Perl-Net-Packet, perl-Net-Write, perl-DBIx-SQLite-Simple, perl-Net-Packet-TargetĭEAD.PACKAGE Corresponded with upstream by email in 2007, upstream uncomfortable with Artistic 2.0, unwilling to relicense "just for Fedora". The following Fedora packages are currently Artistic 1.0 only:ĭEAD.PACKAGE I've emailed the upstream authors, last email sent Friday July 11, 2008, no response ever received.ĭEAD.PACKAGE Corresponded with upstream by email in 2007, upstream uncomfortable with Artistic 2.0, unwilling to relicense "just for Fedora". Avoids potentially expensive and painful lawsuits. Gets Fedora closer to the possibility of a "Free" Spin. Over the last year, I've tracked down the upstream copyright holders for the majority of these packages, and was able to successfully relicense most of them.Īdherence to our licensing policies.
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