License audit #7

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1. bennyvasquez

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   on Feb 5, 2024
2. bennyvasquez commented on Oct 16, 2026

   

   bennyvasquez

   on Oct 16, 2026

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   I finally finished the audit this issue was opened for. Every public repo we own now either has a license or has a PR open to add one, based on the AlmaLinux OS licensing policy.

   How I picked each license:

   • If the repo already declares a license somewhere (in pyproject.toml or its README, for example), the PR just adds the matching LICENSE file.
   • Code repos created before the GPLv3 guidance was added to the policy (2023-08-23) get MIT, which is the policy's Default License for Code and already applied to them.
   • Code repos created after that date get GPL-3.0-or-later, as the policy recommends for software that doesn't ship in AlmaLinux OS.
   • Libraries get MIT, documentation gets CC BY-SA 4.0, and templates and issue trackers get CC0.
   • Anything based on upstream work keeps the upstream license.

   The PRs:

   • MIT: Add MIT license file albs-build-lib#7, Add MIT license file albs-common-lib#8, Add MIT license file albs-sign-lib#2, Add MIT license albs-deploy#39, Add MIT license albs-sign-file#76, Add MIT license errata_index#13, Add MIT license pungi-node-public#4, Add MIT license pungi-scripts-public#3, Add MIT license raspberry-pi#105, Add GPL-3.0 license to match upstream sig-livemedia#107, Add MIT license and note third-party files openqa-infra#9
   • GPL-3.0-or-later: Replace LICENSE with the full GPLv3 text mirror-mirage#1, Add GPL-3.0 license astra#18, Add GPL-3.0 license releng-tests#1, Add GPL-3.0 license to match upstream openqa-createhdds#5
   • CC BY-SA 4.0: Add CC BY-SA 4.0 license file ALESCo#19, Add CC BY-SA 4.0 license build-system-rfes#2, Add CC BY-SA 4.0 license ci-infra-devops#3, Add CC BY-SA 4.0 license diagrams#11
   • CC0 1.0: Add CC0 1.0 license #21, Add CC0 1.0 license AlmaLinuxBoardBusiness#3, Add CC0 1.0 license promo#67

   compose-tests is the one that needs a real conversation, because most of its tests came from CentOS t_functional, which has no license. That's in AlmaLinux/compose-tests#78, with a draft PR in AlmaLinux/compose-tests#79.

   If you maintain one of these repos and think it should use a different license, please say so on its PR. I'll close this issue once they're all merged.