Re: netperf / MIT License is not open source?
On 8/13/22, piorunz wrote:
> On 13/08/2022 18:30, Lee wrote:
>> I just noticed that the netperf package is in the [non-free] repository
>> https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/netperf
>> which seems wrong.
>>
>> Is the MIT license really not compatible with open source or is the
>> netperf package using outdated licensing info or .. what?
>
> Very interesting. I don't know about this specific package, but MIT in
> general is allowed in DSFG.
thanks for confirming MIT is allowed as open source
> For example, this package is full MIT and its in Debian:
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/kraptor
>
> netperf license, as seen on
> https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//non-free/n/netperf/netperf_2.7.0-0.1_copyright,
> still reads:
>
> Copyright (C) 1993 Hewlett-Packard Company
> ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
>
> It must have been recently this package changed from Copyright (C) 1993
> Hewlett-Packard Company to MIT license, and Debian didn't catched up to
> this fact yet?
>
> Also their github README states:
> "This version of netperf has been opensourced by Hewlett Packard
> Enterprise using the MIT license."
> And also
> "Licenses updated."
>
> Maybe older versions indeed were not under MIT.
>
> EDIT: Ok I think I found it.
> https://github.com/HewlettPackard/netperf/commit/2d88bcc75d97f462eafe8605f8da0c1f875b7dad
>
> It seems that this package license has changed from full HP copyright to
> MIT, on 20 January 2021.
>
> Perhaps package needs updating in Debian repository :)
Wow!! Good detective work; that would explain why it's in non-free.
Thanks
Lee
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