Hi, I've just uploaded grail into non-free.
I have worked on grail because I like the idea of writing a fully fledged web browser in a scripting language (like Perl or Python. Unfortunately the package is not free, according to the DFSG[1]. I was about to skip the whole thing after I first read the license. After that I got in touch with developers of Grail. I got the impression that the new version of grail will be released under a license which meets our Free Software Guidelines. Given the expression that the next version will be free, I have uploaded this package. If the next version doesn't meet the DFSG I will request its removal if I'm still the maintainer of the package at that time. | 3. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in | particular, the license granted by CNRI under paragraph 2 above, if | Licensee, at its sole cost and expense, uses the Software to prepare a | derivative work that is based on or incorporates the Software or any | part thereof, and wants to make the derivative work available to the | public for commercial or noncommercial purposes, or uses the Software | in this derivative form to provide a service to the public, then | Licensee hereby agrees: (i) to indicate in any such work, in a | prominently visible way, the specific modifications made to CNRI's | Software; (ii) not to introduce any modifications known to be harmful, | or where there is reason to believe they will be harmful, to other | users and their systems; and (iii) to notify CNRI of any release or | other use of Licensee's derivative work. This is an excerpt of the Grail license that doesn't match our own Free Software Guidelines. Since I don't speak Python and only use Grail very occasionally I would appreciate if another Debian maintainer would take over maintenance. [1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract Gruesse, Joey -- Linux - the choice of a GNU generation
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