-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-10-08 16:32, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Anyway, further discussing the matter won't clarify it much. The > clear result, /methinks, is that we all agree this is DFSG-unfree. > Whether it is distributable in non-free... Is subject to > discussion.
it's rather obvious that the license in DFSG-unfree, but the exact purpose of my inquery was to check whether the package would be distributable in non-free. in the meantime i was heaving contact with upstream, and here's what they basically say: since changing license (even if it is just changing the license name, without altering the actual terms) requires all authors to accept, and most project members can only commit little time to the project these days, they have not tackled the problem so far. also, they figure that a license "GPL+exceptions" is much easier for their audience to *understand* (given that they are already familiar with the GPL, they only have to parse and understand the additional exceptions) than a new license (even if it is just changing the license name, without altering the actual terms). which all in all keeps their motivation small, to even start a discussion on that topic (again; they've been through that before). after that i suggested that - - they could dual-license the work under "GPL+exceptions" (to spare their happy audience) and under a "Linux Sampler License" (which would be the same but under a different name) - - i could contact the remaining authors myself to get their agreement for this. - - (but only if they are fine with that). that was 1 week ago and i haven't received any further answer. i'm under the impression that i will not receive any more answer on this topic from their side. which throws us back to the question whether software under that license is distributable (in non-free) at or not. fgmasr IOhannes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWFoZrAAoJELZQGcR/ejb4YX0P/27mb+/gUdat4uPtxjs9yDbi 4B73MwH0yn1ChR1TN2+0NPuSEY7XzcwlDxS8a2TgtGDMKHx3MefvgCc/SG5YbINI ZGf/q+FwCmCnSNmYbeX4naKurrXej5grT/Tw/nZH2MgH1ov2MJRl0l6aBaVbVHOD +qgSbI1K0Ev3T/8512gHFh9JZllNGphFzrB4BrPjEyMTDekDXr0CSAiekB/DJWRn 8Sj2QR38CEB+mzNO4VoPHZ4+EVVtiAu2S6rCnTu9oa4FMu1rirF7tA8Kt+iFKmkY njbGtHUFi3kpJ/NIlXTyMvPR5dlOPBYH+k9kl/wjwB+/sPSY18eaLct5WDaW/Bn/ mfz8rRRIAFSE9PF6Ge3PR4hPPSX+u8g5aPLCOAOia1dmggJZiMStQf9C9uklwqbD udUmu7ET4W2nG11gfbk3i+PIvA4saJDn1CJeUGtRiRpG1YvlEQc2kqpUTngMLa77 ifklhCmJ8ObJji1kXQ6XhpJvqdhq+hsBhA/pBSZxAeqyezsFrnOGa27BcsH0rKK6 /8uBP5Vmn8LmNkvG3bJcDvJzcn2wdcZk5ACe8CJaSjfsjI5b44iMyrbKJlFnxjq/ jiJ/6X702dj06TVsJn2PKmOk/ZEuQk4e8HiVM49VyATolPwM/ullq3fuTGdEnvas Uw3K4XoWS4jmOiiZhWvs =Lbll -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
