Re: Vincent Lefevre > Yes, it is there, even in Debian/stable (buster), e.g. in > scan_engine.cc:
Thanks. > * o Reads or includes copyrighted data files, such as Nmap's nmap-os-db * > * or nmap-service-probes. * > * * > * o Is designed specifically to execute Covered Software and parse the * > * results (as opposed to typical shell or execution-menu apps, which will * > * execute anything you tell them to). * > [...] > * This list is not exclusive, but is meant to clarify our interpretation * > * of derived works with some common examples. Other people may interpret * > * the plain GPL differently, so we consider this a special exception to * > * the GPL that we apply to Covered Software. Works which meet any of * > * these conditions must conform to all of the terms of this license, * > * particularly including the GPL Section 3 requirements of providing * > * source code and allowing free redistribution of the work as a whole. * That is already weird, but just extends the GPL to other programs even more than the GPL is usually doing that. The new license has the same problem, but on top is also clearly "non-commercial use only": | Proprietary software companies wishing to use or incorporate Covered | Software within their programs must contact Licensor to purchase a | separate license. | The idea here is to prevent companies from using open source Nmap in | their proprietary software or appliances. I don't see how to waive this, there is not even any fuzzy wording that could be bent to mean something that would be DFSG-compatible. Christoph
