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  • 1.  Licensing and packaging clarification needed for DocBook5

    Posted 08-07-2024 02:57

    Hi,
    During a conversion of licenses in Fedora repositories to SPDX licenses, we have encountered several issues regarding the licensing and packaging a few of the files present in the docbook5-style-xsl and docbook5-schemas packages. [1]

    1. What is the license for the Perl script "db4-entities.pl" ("docbook-5.0/tools/db4-entities.pl")?
    2. We are unsure under which license is the "howto" documentation ("DocBook V5.0: The Transition Guide") distributed. What is the license for these files?
    3. We found several JAR files. Can you explain their purpose in the repository? If they are required for some DocBook extensions, please assist us in compiling them, as we cannot package ".jar" files in Fedora, because guidelines prevent us from packaging binaries.
      • extensions/lucene-analyzers-3.0.0.jar
      • extensions/xalan27.jar
      • extensions/saxon65.jar
      • extensions/lucene-core-3.0.0.jar
      • extensions/tagsoup-1.2.1.jar
      • extensions/webhelpindexer.jar
      • tools/lib/calabash.jar
      • tools/lib/saxon.jar
      • tools/lib/isorelax.jar
      • tools/lib/xalan/xsltc.jar
      • tools/lib/xalan/xalan.jar
      • tools/lib/xalan/serializer.jar
      • tools/lib/saxon9he.jar
      • tools/lib/commons-codec-1.3.jar
      • tools/lib/jing.jar
      • tools/lib/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar
      • tools/lib/xml-apis.jar
      • tools/lib/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
      • tools/lib/saxon9-ant.jar
      • tools/lib/jython.jar
      • tools/lib/xmlresolver.jar
      • tools/lib/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar
      • tools/lib/xercesImpl.jar
    4. Clarification on the licensing and purpose of these files
      • slides/slidy/scripts/slidy.js.gz
      • roundtrip/template.dot
      • slides/slidy/graphics/nofold.bmp
      • slides/slidy/graphics/nofold-dim.bmp
      • slides/slidy/graphics/unfold.bmp
      • slides/slidy/graphics/fold-dim.bmp
      • slides/slidy/graphics/unfold-dim.bmp
      • slides/slidy/graphics/fold.bmp

    We need all the aforementioned points clarified to ensure that the DocBook is packaged in new Fedora versions correctly. There are some licenses that are not allowed in Fedora, and also we can not ship binaries in case of the .jar files.

    Also, I found this email repository-admin@oasis-open.org that might be more suited for this question, but I was not sure, so forum post might be better first step. If it would be possible to clarify whether I should ask this question by messaging that e-mail address, it would really help.

    [1] Overview - rpms/docbook5-style-xsl - src.fedoraproject.org and Overview - rpms/docbook5-schemas - src.fedoraproject.org



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    Ales Nezbeda
    Red Hat
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  • 2.  RE: Licensing and packaging clarification needed for DocBook5

    Posted 08-10-2024 14:14
    On 07.08.2024 8:56, Ales Nezbeda via OASIS wrote:
    > We are unsure under which license is the "howto" documentation ("DocBook V5.0: The Transition Guide") distributed. What is the license for these files?

    Hi,

    well that document has been created in an era when it was not common to
    explictily specify licensing terms for a text documents, default
    copyright law could be applied.

    Would be CC BY-SA 4.0 license OK for you: If so as the principal author
    of "howto" I'm licensing this document under CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Cheers,

    Jirka



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  • 3.  RE: Licensing and packaging clarification needed for DocBook5

    Posted 08-11-2024 08:12
    Hi Ales,

    On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 06:56:49 +0000
    Ales Nezbeda via OASIS <mail@mail.groups.oasis-open.org> wrote:

    > Hi,
    > During a conversion of licenses in Fedora repositories to SPDX licenses, we
    > have encountered several issues regarding the licensing and packaging a few
    > of the files present in the docbook5-style-xsl and docbook5-schemas packages.
    > [1]
    >
    >
    >
    > What is the license for the Perl script "db4-entities.pl"
    > ("docbook-5.0/tools/db4-entities.pl")?
    >
    > We are unsure under which license is the "howto" documentation ("DocBook
    > V5.0: The Transition Guide") distributed. What is the license for these files?
    >
    > We found several JAR files. Can you explain their purpose in the repository?
    > If they are required for some DocBook extensions, please assist us in
    > compiling them, as we cannot package ".jar" files in Fedora, because
    > guidelines prevent us from packaging binaries.
    >
    >
    >
    > extensions/lucene-analyzers-3.0.0.jar
    >
    > extensions/xalan27.jar
    >
    > extensions/saxon65.jar
    >

    re these .jar files - the python3-based-buildsystem
    of https://github.com/validator/validator
    might be building them or similar ones.

    [snip]

    >
    > tools/lib/xercesImpl.jar
    >
    >
    >
    > Clarification on the licensing and purpose of these files
    >
    >
    >
    > slides/slidy/scripts/slidy.js.gz
    >

    slidy is
    likely https://www.w3.org/wiki/Slidy_Help ; I have a fork of it where I disclaimed copyrights for my changes in my homesite's sources.

    > roundtrip/template.dot
    >
    > slides/slidy/graphics/nofold.bmp
    >
    > slides/slidy/graphics/nofold-dim.bmp
    >
    > slides/slidy/graphics/unfold.bmp
    >
    > slides/slidy/graphics/fold-dim.bmp
    >
    > slides/slidy/graphics/unfold-dim.bmp
    >
    > slides/slidy/graphics/fold.bmp
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > We need all the aforementioned points clarified to ensure that the DocBook is
    > packaged in new Fedora versions correctly. There are some licenses that are
    > not allowed in Fedora, and also we can not ship binaries in case of the .jar
    > files.
    >
    >
    > Also, I found this email repository-admin@oasis-open.org that might be more
    > suited for this question, but I was not sure, so forum post might be better
    > first step. If it would be possible to clarify whether I should ask this
    > question by messaging that e-mail address, it would really help.
    >
    >
    > [1] Overview - rpms/docbook5-style-xsl - src.fedoraproject.org
    > <https: src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/docbook5-style-xsl=""> and Overview -
    > rpms/docbook5-schemas - src.fedoraproject.org
    > <https: src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/docbook5-schemas="">
    >
    >
    > ------------------------------
    > Ales Nezbeda
    > Red Hat
    > ------------------------------
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    >
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