[Fedora-legal-list] CAcert.org license

Tom "spot" Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
Tue Dec 9 22:17:07 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 23:03 +0100, Matthias Saou wrote:
> > >>>>> "TC" == Tom \"spot\" Callaway <Tom> writes:
> > 
> > TC> Given that it does not give permission for us to redistribute (the
> > TC> cornerstone requirement for Content licenses), this license is not
> > TC> acceptable for Fedora.
> > 
> > I guess I'm glad I looked before approving the package, but I have to
> > wonder: Do the cacert folks actually want anyone to use their
> > certificates?  I mean, this prevents basically everyone from using
> > them, because they can't come with the OS or the browser.
> 
> Personally, the more I read the document, the more I'm confused.
> 
> "You may NOT distribute certificates or root keys under this
> licence"... does this mean we can distribute under a different license?

Well, sortof. The wording here is strange because you can get a
different license from the CA issuer. We can't just pick a license, but
the CA issuer might be willing to give us a different one.

> Would it be worth getting in contact with CAcert.org in order to try
> and have them allow us to redistribute the root certs under conditions
> which are acceptable to the Fedora Project?

Probably, yes. :)

~spot





More information about the Fedora-legal-list mailing list