Giovanni, opentracker is considered "Beerware", which is a legitimate licensing mechanism (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware ). The author's own commentary very much reinforces the fact that one may do whatever one wishes with the software: http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2010/08/05/flattered-by-pirates/ .
To quote the Wikipedia article cited above: /* * ---------------------------------------------------------- * "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): * <p...@freebsd.org> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice * you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, * and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in * return Poul-Henning Kamp * ---------------------------------------------------------- */ The author also discusses this very subject (uncertainty regarding opentracker's licensing terms) at http://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article11/coding-bittorrent-tracker , and offers the following: "If anyone ever would have asked, I would have provided a special permission to re-distribute opentracker under every brain-fart-licencing scheme is the flavour of the year now. Hand written, if necessary. I'm astonished what the community nowaday demands from programmers to graciously accept the software given away for free. Take it or leave it." So, there we have it; the software is free in every sense of the word. -Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50cfe563.8030...@indietorrent.org
