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Re: Bug#393317: ITP: teamspeak-client -- Very good Voice Chat



Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

> On 10/15/06 22:01, Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) wrote:
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" <gandalf@le-vert.net>
>> 
>> * Package name    : teamspeak-client
>>   Version         : 2.0.32
>>   Upstream Author : TeamSpeak Systems <info@teamspeak-systems.de>
>> * URL             : http://www.goteamspeak.com/
>> * License         : non-free
>>   Description     : Very good Voice Chat
[...]
>> This software is not free at all. Binaries will works on i386 and seems
>> to work fine on amd64 with ia32-libs.
>
> From the EULA:
>     You will not, and will not permit others to: (i) reverse
>     engineer, decompile, disassemble, derive the source code
>     of, modify, or create derivative works from the Software;
>     or (ii) use, copy, modify, alter, or transfer, electronically
>     or otherwise, the Software or any of the accompanying
>     documentation except as expressly permitted in this
>     Agreement; or (iii) redistribute, sell, rent, lease,
>     sublicense, or otherwise transfer rights to the Software
>     whether in a stand-alone configuration or as incorporated
>     with other software code written by any party except as
>     expressly permitted in this Agreement.
>
> Isn't this against everything the DFSG stands for?

That's irrelevent: If you read the ITP, it's clear that Adam is already
aware of this, and wants to package it for non-free, to which the DFSG,
naturally, does not apply.  However, the text of the EULA sounds as if
we are not even allowed to redistribute it in non-free, and that's the
important point.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Dr. Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)



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