Commit 597bc292 authored by Douwe Maan's avatar Douwe Maan

Merge branch 'forbid-fb-bsd-patents' into 'master'

Add Facebook BSD+PATENTS license to the "unacceptable" list

See merge request !14029
parents d47a00c3 9f481818
......@@ -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
......@@ -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
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