From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25344 invoked by alias); 15 Jul 2012 21:18:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 24446 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Jul 2012 18:13:15 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "pasky at ucw dot cz" To: libc-locales@sources.redhat.com Subject: [Bug localedata/11213] localedata licencing issues Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:18:00 -0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: glibc X-Bugzilla-Component: localedata X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: critical X-Bugzilla-Who: pasky at ucw dot cz X-Bugzilla-Status: SUSPENDED X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: libc-locales at sources dot redhat.com X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: CC Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: contact libc-locales-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-locales-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-q3/txt/msg00012.txt.bz2 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11213 Petr Baudis changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |pasky at ucw dot cz --- Comment #10 from Petr Baudis 2012-07-15 18:13:01 UTC --- I'm sorry, I didn't realize the presence of this bug earlier. We have made some research regarding this on the mailing list some time ago and this is currently the opinion of FSF on the matter: http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-locales/2012-q2/msg00136.html I.e., locale data is not copyrightable, therefore it cannot be covered by any licence and that is also the reason we do not require copyright assignment paperwork from the locale authors. If you (e.g. Debian project) disagree, I encourage you to contact copyright-clerk@fsf.org or SFLC for further discussions. For us developers, this situation really is the best outcome since no paperwork is needed, I'd say. My opinion is that the outcome of this bug should be removal of licence notices (and "copyright" notices) from all localedata files to clear up any possible confusion - comments? (Which is something I'm not likely to engage myself with as my localedata TODO backlog is sufficiently long already, but maybe it is important enough for some downstream projects like Debian to contribute such a patch, if they share this view?) -- Configure bugmail: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug.