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Re: New EULA of UnrealIRCd



>>>>> "Branden" == Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:

    >> The question is: Does this EULA pose any problem for Debian
    >> distributing UnrealIRCd (which is GPLed)?

    Branden> Hell yes.

    Branden> This is certainly DFSG-nonfree and probably
    Branden> GPL-incompatible.  The effective license on the software
    Branden> can be changed spontaneously from under the user's feet,
    Branden> which violates DFSG 7.

It's unclear from the text you quoted whether they are reserving the
change the license on future downloads, which IMHO is fine for Debian
or reserving the right to change the license of existing downloads
which has the problems you point out.



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