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Hi Debian-Legal,
(I'm cc'ing Tomas Baztek since he may be interested too)
tuxcmd-modules-unrar which I would like to package for Debian (since
it contains additional VFS module to use with tuxcmd to handle rar
archives) contains code licensed unter the UnRAR license, and some
parts under the GPL-2+.
It is clear to me, that due to the UnRAR license which is non-free as
for DFSG, I should have tuxcmd-modules-unrar in non-free.
Do you see any problem, shipping tuxcmd-modules-unrar as it is, with
all files under unrar/unrar/* which are licensed under the UnRAR
license, and the other files under GPL-2+ in particular about linking
code having these two different licenses?
For convenience I put here the debian/copyright:
---(debian/copyright)---------------------------------------------------
Format-Specification: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5.mdwn?op=file&rev=59
Name: tuxcmd-modules-unrar
Maintainer: Tomáš Bžatek <tbzatek@users.sourceforge.net>
Source: http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/download.php
X-Autobuild: yes
The UnRAR license text does not forbid to autobuild unrar.
Files: *
Copyright: 2007-2009, Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@users.sourceforge.net>
License: GPL-2+
Files: common/vfs_types.h
Copyright: 2003, Radek Cervinka <radek.cervinka@centrum.cz>
2008, Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@users.sourceforge.net>
License: GPL-2+
files: unrar/unrar/*
Copyright: 1993-2008, Alexander Roshal
License:
****** ***** ****** UnRAR - free utility for RAR archives
** ** ** ** ** ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
****** ******* ****** License for use and distribution of
** ** ** ** ** ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** ** ** ** ** ** FREE portable version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.
The source code of UnRAR utility is freeware. This means:
.
1. All copyrights to RAR and the utility UnRAR are exclusively
owned by the author - Alexander Roshal.
.
2. The UnRAR sources may be used in any software to handle RAR
archives without limitations free of charge, but cannot be used
to re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary.
Distribution of modified UnRAR sources in separate form or as a
part of other software is permitted, provided that it is clearly
stated in the documentation and source comments that the code may
not be used to develop a RAR (WinRAR) compatible archiver.
.
3. The UnRAR utility may be freely distributed. It is allowed
to distribute UnRAR inside of other software packages.
.
4. THE RAR ARCHIVER AND THE UnRAR UTILITY ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS".
NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE AT
YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS,
DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING
OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
.
5. Installing and using the UnRAR utility signifies acceptance of
these terms and conditions of the license.
.
6. If you don't agree with terms of the license you must remove
UnRAR files from your storage devices and cease to use the
utility.
.
Thank you for your interest in RAR and UnRAR.
.
.
Alexander L. Roshal
Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2008-2009, Salvatore Bonaccorso <salvatore.bonaccorso@gmail.com>
License: GPL-2+
License: GPL-2+
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty or
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
.
On Debian systems the full text of the GNU General Public License can be found
in the `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2' file.
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I see problems in particular if patching unrar code is needed, even if
item 2 allows under some limitations distribution of modified UnRAR
sources.
The sourcepackage itself can be found at [1].
[1] http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/t/tuxcmd-modules-unrar/
Many thanks in advance for comments,
Bests
Salvatore
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