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authorDouwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com>2017-09-04 14:32:25 +0000
committerDouwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com>2017-09-04 14:32:25 +0000
commit597bc29260c4be3a1527a1c5307bec40004bac4d (patch)
tree87bd43ea1c6d808c5bc057ba812936d413cee001
parentd47a00c35706b70b89a39092861bd40e731cf5c9 (diff)
parent9f48181885d2e276aa237c48a99f05601460d01e (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-597bc29260c4be3a1527a1c5307bec40004bac4d.tar.gz
Merge branch 'forbid-fb-bsd-patents' into 'master'
Add Facebook BSD+PATENTS license to the "unacceptable" list See merge request !14029
-rw-r--r--config/dependency_decisions.yml6
-rw-r--r--doc/development/licensing.md3
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config/dependency_decisions.yml b/config/dependency_decisions.yml
index c9018f3bf0e..d6c3c84851b 100644
--- a/config/dependency_decisions.yml
+++ b/config/dependency_decisions.yml
@@ -410,3 +410,9 @@
:why: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/organization/issues/116
:versions: []
:when: 2017-09-01 17:17:51.996511844 Z
+- - :blacklist
+ - Facebook BSD+PATENTS
+ - :who: Nick Thomas <nick@gitlab.com>
+ :why: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/organization/issues/117
+ :versions: []
+ :when: 2017-09-04 12:59:51.150798717 Z
diff --git a/doc/development/licensing.md b/doc/development/licensing.md
index 60da7b9166d..9a5811d8474 100644
--- a/doc/development/licensing.md
+++ b/doc/development/licensing.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Libraries with the following licenses are unacceptable for use:
- [GNU GPL][GPL] (version 1, [version 2][GPLv2], [version 3][GPLv3], or any future versions): GPL-licensed libraries cannot be linked to from non-GPL projects.
- [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].
+- [Facebook BSD + PATENTS][Facebook]: is a 3-clause BSD license with a patent grant that has been deemed [Category X][x-list] by the Apache foundation.
## Requesting Approval for Licenses
@@ -103,5 +104,7 @@ Gems which are included only in the "development" or "test" groups by Bundler ar
[OSL-GNU]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#OSL
[Org-Repo]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/organization
[UNLICENSE]: https://unlicense.org
+[Facebook]: https://code.facebook.com/pages/850928938376556
+[x-list]: https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x
[Acceptable-Licenses]: #acceptable-licenses
[Unacceptable-Licenses]: #unacceptable-licenses