[Mageia-dev] Adding a new license to rpmlint

Sat Jan 21 00:36:43 CET 2012

Anssi Hannula a écrit :
+> On 20.01.2012 08:07, Juan Luis Baptiste wrote:
+>    
+>> Hi,
+>>
+>> I have packaged Warsow[1], which it's engine is open source but as
+>> with other games I have packaged, the data files are licensed with a
+>> non-free license called "Warsow Content License" [2], which allows
+>> unmodified distribution of the data files in different formats like
+>> rpm, deb, etc (clause 3). I have imported the warsow and warsow-data
+>> packages to subversion but I haven't pushed them to the BS (to
+>> nonfree/release of course) because the data package will be rejected
+>> because of the license. It's feasible to add this license to rpmlint
+>> checks ? the other solution would be to make the game use
+>> autodownloader for the data files as I did for other games.
+>>
+>> Thanks,
+>>
+>> [1]http://www.warsow.net/
+>> [2]http://www.calculate-linux.org/packages/licenses/warsow
+>>
+>>      
+> It is a non-free redistributable license and should thus use the
+> "Freeware" license tag, see:
+> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Licensing_policy
+>
+>    
+Note that the definition given for "Shareware" doesn't seem to include 
+the usual case where the entire software is distributed for usage for a 
+limited time.  After paying a fee, the user is given a code which 
+permits longer-term usage, and often activates additional functions.
+
+So I would suggest changing the wording from :
+"Shareware refers to software of which only a subsidiary portion can be 
+redistributed without charge; access to the complete package requires 
+payment to the copyright holder or another body."
+
+to :
+"Shareware refers to software redistibutable without charge, which 
+requires payment to the copyright holder or another body in order to use 
+beyond a trial period and/or to obtain additional functionality."
+
+Does that sound ok ?
+
+-- 
+André
+
+