[Fedora-legal-list] License check for new library for fedora

[Thomas Janssen]

2009/5/5 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com>:
> On 05/01/2009 01:14 PM, Thomas Janssen wrote:
>> Good day.
>>
>> I try to become a new packager for Fedora and face a license that
>> needs to be checked.
>> The Main package is Newsbeuter MIT/X license and the needed lib is
>> "stfl" with a LGPLv3 license, supplemented by additional permissions.
>
> Thomas,
>
> The stfl library is licensed under the normal LGPLv3 license (its
> actually LGPLv3+). I think the thing that confused you is where the
> LGPLv3 license text says:
>
> " This version of the GNU Lesser General Public License incorporates
> the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public
> License, supplemented by the additional permissions listed below."

Yes, that confused me :) Sorry, new packager, trying to make everything correct.

> The LGPLv3 is just the GPLv3 with some extra permission grants. The stfl
> upstream did not modify the LGPLv3 at all. :) So, it is fine for Fedora.

Yippiieee, thank you :)

Have a good day :)

-- 
LG Thomas

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