On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 10:28:16PM -0400, Tommy Moore wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 06:37:40PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Do you have documentation to show that we have a license to distribute > > this package (bug #156057)? > Hi Steve. I took a look at the copyright file in the package and from > this document I believe that the package could still remain in the > archive, but it may need to be moved to the non-free section of the > archive though because of the licensing restrictions. > Basically what the license file says is that the patches can not be > used in a commercial environment so this would mean the package would > qualify for the non-free section and have to be moved out of main. The copyright file currently included with the package is not authoritative; please review the bug log in detail. In particular, "timidity-patches is basically the MIDIA patch set. MIDIA is a straight copy of the patches from the original GUS drivers for DOS, created by EYE&I productions; there is no license permitting free redistribution." If there is no license for redistribution, it's not ok for non-free, either. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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