On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 22:02 +0200, Arnout Engelen wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-CC: debian-de...@lists.debian.org > > --- Please fill out the fields below. --- > > Package name: notion > Version: 3-2011102900 > Upstream Author: Arnout Engelen <raboo...@users.sf.net> > URL: http://notion.sf.net > License: LGPL with addition trademark provisions > Description: Tiling, tabbed window manager for the X window system > Notion divides the screen into tiles and places windows in these tiles > by default. Each tile has a set of tabs for the windows within it. > It also allows windows to be made 'floating' and placed freely. Notion > can be controlled through the keyboard alone or together with a mouse. > . > Notion can be configured and extended using the Lua language. It also > supports extension modules written in C. > > 'Notion' is a fork of Ion3, which was previously in Debian but was removed > due to a dead upstream. The Ion license may or may not be DFSG-free, for > now we should probably just put the package in non-free. For details see > https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/notion/index.php?title=Licensing_FAQ#Does_this_make_Notion_non-DFSG-free_.28non-OSD-free.29.3F
Tuomo Valkonen intended his first modified-LGPL to forbid use of 'ion' in any filenames in a modified version[1], and I don't believe this was rescinded. This goes beyond what is allowed by DFSG ΒΆ4. His relicensing may not have legal force since he was not the only author of Ion, but when judging whether software meets DFSG we generally assume that all licence conditions are enforceable. [1] This was discussed on debian-private with the subject "Ion3/ParticleMan licence" on 17-20 November 2007. I can also provide my earlier correspondence with Tuomo for anyone that is interested. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings compatible: Gracefully accepts erroneous data from any source
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