On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 22:20, Kevin M. Rosenberg wrote: > * Package name : iozone3 > Version : 3.120 > Upstream Author : William Norcott, Don Capps > * URL : http://www.iozone.org/ > * License : [NON-FREE]: limitation of distribution of modifications > License to freely use and distribute this software is hereby granted > by the author, subject to the condition that this copyright notice > remains intact. The author retains the exclusive right to publish > derivative works based on this work, including, but not limited to, > revised versions of this work
I discussed this matter with Don some time ago. At the time I told him that I would put IOZone in Debian within 48 hours if he released a version under a more free license. He said that he'd think about it and discuss it with his co-author (and I haven't heard from him since). The limitation on derivative works makes it suitable for non-free at best, and at worst entirely excludes it from Debian (depending on the interpretation of derivative works). Is a Debian package a derivative work of the original source? I think so, the author probably doesn't intend it quite that way - but until get get some clarification in writing I think we have to interpret it in it's most strict fashion. Russell Coker