On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 8:58 AM Petr Menšík <pemen...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi! > > I own htdig package, which got recently discovered license issue with > bundled libdb version ~3.x [1]. I think the only reason it is still in > Fedora is that just compiled for years back. I doubt anyone is using it > at the moment and I have never used it myself. I just inherited it when > joined Red Hat and just once fixed FTBFS bug, otherwise there weren't > been any feedback to it for years. > > It uses undeclared libdb copy with Sleepycat license, which were > declared incompatible for Fedora [2]. Just to clarify, the true Sleepycat License (while problematic by design) has always been allowed for Fedora. The bundled libdb in htdig is under a modification of the Sleepycat license that imposes use restrictions and is non-FOSS (in the relevant fedora-license-data issue I describe it as a "monstrosity"). Richard
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