Re: permission to use spec files in other projects

["Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <tcallawa redhat com>]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 02.01.2008 15:34, Rex Dieter wrote:
>   
> > Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> >     
> > > The topic "permission to use Fedora spec files in other projects" is
> > > still on the EPEL agenda, as that's the area where the topic came up.
> > > @Board, @FESCo: Any progress on this? 
> > >       
> > Pardon my ignorance and/or naivety, but isn't this covered by the CLA,
> > clause 2:
> > [...]
> > yada yada, basically says (to my own non-lawyer interpretation) that 
> > folks can take these fedora-contributed materials and do pretty much 
> > whatever.
> >     
>
> The CLA is signed between contributers and the Fedora Project/Red Hat.
> it has no meaning for a third party.
>   
Except, the CLA explicitly defines the license for Fedora contributions, 
for Red Hat and all recipients of Fedora.

In that context, it has meaning for third parties.

~spot