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| author | Clement Ho <ClemMakesApps@gmail.com> | 2017-02-14 14:46:14 -0600 |
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| committer | Clement Ho <ClemMakesApps@gmail.com> | 2017-02-17 16:50:31 -0600 |
| commit | 99862f3bdd5b20a24f8343ce935c3e09ce23959f (patch) | |
| tree | 1aa2b4f5fe36c78de6de2c97f21d711869133edf | |
| parent | e9e538a20c4c1d6cdeb88b8ab08e14ef482e157e (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-add-approving-license-process.tar.gz | |
Add process for requesting approval for licensesadd-approving-license-process
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diff --git a/doc/development/licensing.md b/doc/development/licensing.md index 5d177eb26ee..1f115059fb8 100644 --- a/doc/development/licensing.md +++ b/doc/development/licensing.md @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ Libraries with the following licenses are unacceptable for use: - [GNU AGPLv3][AGPLv3]: AGPL-licensed libraries cannot be linked to from non-GPL projects. - [Open Software License (OSL)][OSL]: is a copyleft license. In addition, the FSF [recommend against its use][OSL-GNU]. +## Requesting Approval for Licenses + +Libraries that are not listed in the [Acceptable Licenses][Acceptable-Licenses] or [Unacceptable Licenses][Unacceptable-Licenses] list can be submitted to the legal team for review. Please create an issue in the [Organization Repository][Org-Repo] and cc `@gl-legal`. After a decision has been made, the original requestor is responsible for updating this document. + ## Notes Decisions regarding the GNU GPL licenses are based on information provided by [The GNU Project][GNU-GPL-FAQ], as well as [the Open Source Initiative][OSI-GPL], which both state that linking GPL libraries makes the program itself GPL. @@ -96,3 +100,6 @@ Gems which are included only in the "development" or "test" groups by Bundler ar [OSI-GPL]: https://opensource.org/faq#linking-proprietary-code [OSL]: https://opensource.org/licenses/OSL-3.0 [OSL-GNU]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#OSL +[Org-Repo]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/organization +[Acceptable-Licenses]: #acceptable-licenses +[Unacceptable-Licenses]: #unacceptable-licenses |