Re: A radical approach to rewriting the DFSG
Glenn Maynard wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 08:12:28PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>> It's been allowed mostly because they don't really enforce it. For
>> instance, Debian's modified version of Apache, which is a derived work,
>> has
>> "apache" in its name. Furthermore, they've stated that they don't intend
>> to enforce it strictly, and it's not present in the new license.
>>
>> I certainly wouldn't accept this clause in a license without additional
>> assurances from the copyright holder. We said as much to X-Oz.
>
> libssl-dev/copyright: * nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without
> prior written
Eeeew. Well, isn't OpenSSL well on its way to being replaced by GnuTLS in
Debian anyway?
> apache-utils/copyright: nor may "mod_ssl" appear in their names
> without prior
Ewww....
> php4/copyright: may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written
Ow. Debian is clearly violating the PHP4 licence unless capital letters vs.
small letters are significant. Better contact the copyright holders.
> permission subversion/copyright:nor may "Tigris" appear in their names
> without prior written
Perhaps Tigris could be contacted? Interestingly, Debian is actually
*complying* with this license, unlike the others, since "Subversion" isn't
named "Tigris".
> and a particularly evil one,
>
> sudo/copyright: may "Sudo" appear in their names without specific
> prior written
Again, unless capitalization is significant, Debian is violating the terms
of this license. Someone (not me) should contact the copyright holder.
Thanks for pointing these out.
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