[dev] FRR coming to Fedora

[David Lamparter]

Hi Michal,


On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 10:41:20AM +0200, Michal Ruprich wrote:
> I am happy to announce that I have started a review process for FRR to
> be added to Fedora[1]. After we figure out all the packaging details,
> FRR will be available in F29 and higher.

That is great to hear!  Thanks for your efforts!  If you have any
packaging questions, I (re-)did the Debian package and might be able to
answer them.

> I need to mention one important thing. I have added the latest version
> of FRR but *without* *babeld* and *ldpd* modules. These two modules
> are still having licensing issues and I will not include them in the
> distro unless all these issues are resolved.

It might be useful if someone contacts the FreeBSD and/or SFLC people.
I've been told that the FreeBSD project requested and received a
detailed evaluation of the situation, and apparently the result was a
green light (FreeBSD does ship FRR in full config I think?)

That said, I have only second-hand data here;  I keep saying I'll go ask
for a copy and post it on the list, but I never got to it - then again
this is something anyone can do :)

FWIW, Debian also ships FRR in full config;  no objections were raised
(copyright & licensing is properly documented) and Paul's attempt to
raise a stink on debian-legal yielded exactly nothing.  Considering that
Debian is rather, er, "active" about software freedom, I think that is
also a data point.

Cheers,


-David