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title: Open licensing issues

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# Open licensing issues

Zulip stream: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/231349-t-core.2Flicensing

Github issues: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/labels/A-licensing

- "Rust violates GPL by deriving code from libgcc" [rust#101187](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/101187)
- "Tracking issue for tracking licensing metadata with REUSE" [rust#99414](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/99414)
- "Licensing of Unicode-related functionality?" [rust#98116](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/98116)
- "Improve the COPYRIGHT file and include mention of rustc_apfloat" [rust#96784](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/96784)
- "validate rust-analyzer licenses" [rust#74269](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/74269)
- "Licensing: It's unclear exactly what license text must be included in a Rust binary." [rust#67014](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/67014)
- "Rust code copyright situation is unclear" [rust#63232](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/63232)
- "Factor out rustc_apfloat into a standalone crate" [rust#55993](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/55993)
- "Rewrite the COPYRIGHT file" [rust#39897](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/39897)
  - 24-11-2022 anything else to do here? Who can I talk to?
- "rust-lang repos that do not declare licenses" [rust#25664](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/25664)
  - 24-11-2022 issue updated with list of repos with missing or incomplete LICENSE file/directories

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<details><summary>generate this report</summary>

(needs a Github personal token)

```
curl -qsS https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust/issues?labels=A-licensing \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  | jq -c '.[] | {title, number, html_url}'
```

</details>
