Bug#574544: [afflib] contains files released under a non-free license
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Michael Prokop m...@debian.org wrote: Christophe, do you want me to upload it based on current git tree? thanks regards, -mika- I forgot pushing tags. yes, you can upload, thank you Mika. -- Christophe Monniez ___ forensics-devel mailing list forensics-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/forensics-devel
Bug#574544: [afflib] contains files released under a non-free license
* Christophe Monniez dfence@gmail.com [Fri Apr 02, 2010 at 02:37:59PM +0200]: On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Michael Prokop m...@debian.org wrote: Christophe, do you want me to upload it based on current git tree? I forgot pushing tags. yes, you can upload, thank you Mika. Thanks, done. regards, -mika- signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ forensics-devel mailing list forensics-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/forensics-devel
Bug#574544: [afflib] contains files released under a non-free license
Sorry for last message. I sent to bug #574544 too. I was thinking in Debian Forensics list. My apologies. Regards, Eriberto - Brazil ___ forensics-devel mailing list forensics-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/forensics-devel
Bug#574544: [afflib] contains files released under a non-free license
Here is the answer of the upstream author about this problem: Those files are public domain, which means that they are distributed without a license. This is the least restrictive way of distributing content on the planet. You can do anything you want with that. You are correct, however. The last sentence is not in the spirit of the PD. This verbiage is from NIST and it is clearly not legal. We will remove it from the next release. So, I will close this bug when packaging the next release (I will skip the current 3.5.8). Untill then, I'm not sure of what to do and what is the Debian way to handle this problem. -- Christophe Monniez christophe.monn...@fccu.be ___ forensics-devel mailing list forensics-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/forensics-devel
Bug#574544: [afflib] contains files released under a non-free license
Hi Cristian, I didn't noticed this last sentence. I will send this to the uptream author and see if he is able to give more freedom. If not, the only solution that I see is to remove afflib from Debian. -- Christophe Monniez christophe.monn...@fccu.be ___ forensics-devel mailing list forensics-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/forensics-devel
Bug#574544: [afflib] contains files released under a non-free license
I didn't noticed this last sentence. I will send this to the uptream author and see if he is able to give more freedom. I find the last sentence pretty comical since the previous sentences explicitly stated the code was placed into the public domain. Once you place something into the public domain, you no longer hold copyright. If you have no copyright, you can't enforce any license agreements on that copyright. I'm definitely not a lawyer, but that last sentence seems completely unenforceable. If not, the only solution that I see is to remove afflib from Debian. When you contact Simson, you may want to mention the above oxymoron. thanks, tim ___ forensics-devel mailing list forensics-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/forensics-devel
Bug#574544: [afflib] contains files released under a non-free license
Package: afflib Severity: serious Hi, as stated in debian/copyright: Files: tools/aff_bom.* Copyright: (C) 2008 Simson L. Garfinkel sims...@acm.org License: PD The software provided here is released by the Naval Postgradaute School (NPS), an agency of the US Department of the Navy, USA. The software bears no warranty, either expressed or implied. NPS does not assume legal liability nor responsibility for a User's use of the software or the results of such use. Please note that within the United States, copyright protection, under Section 105 of the United States Code, Title 17, is not available for any work of the United States Government and/or for any works created by United States Government employees. User acknowledges that this software contains work which was created by NPS employee(s) and is therefore in the public domain and not subject to copyright. The User may use, distribute, or incorporate this software provided the User acknowledges this via an explicit acknowledgment of NPS-related contributions to the User's work. User also agrees to acknowledge, via an explicit acknowledgment, that any modifications or alterations have been made to this software before redistribution. Latest sentence in this text is clearly non-free as it fails to comply with dfsg #1 and #3. It also fails the desert island test. The file tools/afdiskprint.cpp contains a license text which is similar, modulo the last paragraph. Thanks, -- Cristian Greco GPG key ID: 0xCF4D32E4 (old: 0x0C095825) signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ forensics-devel mailing list forensics-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/forensics-devel
