On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 03:33:27 +0200 Gregory Colpart wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:42:36AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > > Could you confirm me that my package will be DFSG-compliant ? > > > > > > Not entirely, but it looks like it probably will be. > > > > I don't agree. > > The license under analysis is fully quoted below (for future > > reference). I do *not* think that a work released solely under this > > license can be considered to comply with the DFSG. > > To sum up, I hope persuading upstream to do one of following > actions: > > - give permission to Debian project to package his softwares > (like Apache Fundation for apache-1.3 woody packages [1]),
That way it should go in main, though. At least, that's my opinion. > - switch license to Apache license 2.0 like [2], > - switch licens to 3-clause BSD [3] or Horde BSD-like [4], > - switch license to GPL [5] like other horde softwares. All these license changes would make the software clearly DFSG-free. I hope you can persuade upstream to switch to one of these licenses... > [1] > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody6/copyright > [2] http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > [3] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/info/BSD_3Clause.html > [4] http://www.horde.org/licenses/bsdl.php > [5] http://www.horde.org/licenses/gpl.php -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...................................................................... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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