We accept licensing questions on Ask Ubuntu. Or at least many such questions.
Here are just a few such questions that the community has embraced. (And this is just what I was able to find in under 10 seconds.)
- What are the legal consequences of customizing the LiveCD?
- Is using Internet Explorer 6 on PlayonLinux legal?
- Legal issue with bundling Gnome3 on Ubuntu install?
Do we draw the line when a licensing question is about software provided in a PPA rather than one of the official software sources?
This is the question that's motivated me to ask this, but I'm interested in the general issue as well.
My feeling is that we should allow these questions for the time being. After all, we allowed the question about Internet Explorer 6! But I think we should revisit the matter if we start seeing a lot of subjective answers, bad advice, or answers lots of people think are bad advice. (So I think that particular question should not be closed, at least at this time, and if it is closed, should be reopened unless there's a consensus that it ought to stay closed.)
However, I think some people may feel more strongly, one way or the other. So I'm posting this meta question, in case we as a community really are ready to come up with a definitive consensus one way or the other. (Or in case we're not--then at least we can know the issue is controversial, and not have people thinking their view is universal.)