Re: What is the matter with the "http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64/"?

[James Brown <jbrownfirst@gmail.com>]

Joerg Jaspert wrote:
>> http://people.debian.org/~anibal/skype/http://people.debian.org/~anibal/skype-amd64/
>>     
>>> Do you know will anybody intend to maintain the skype packages for
>>> Debian?
>>>       
>> I'll see if I can build those packages using sid.
>>     
>
> Please *stop* distributing this stuff from *any* .debian.org server. If
> you really want to use a private machine, but not the project servers.
>
> And next time please *first* read their licenses. You know, its non-free
> software, it might be illegal to do such things.
>
> its easy: skype.com/legal. Select the
> "Skype Software Distribution and Promotional Terms" which is what fits
> here. Gets you to "http://skype.com/legal/promote/";, which shows you
> "http://skype.com/legal/promote/materials/"; which tells you, with a lot
> of other text around:
>
> 1.3 You may use the Skype Online Material only for a legitimate purpose
> and provided that:
>
> c. You shall use Skype Online Material in such form as it is made
> available in the Skype Website, and shall not make any changes to the
> graphics or HTML source code or any other parts of Skype Online
> Material.
>
>
> What you do is *not* distributing it in "such form as it is made
> available in the Skype Website". And you do make changes to parts of
> their stuff, even if its just repacking.
>
> And I hope that when you continue to provide the packages, you will
> follow point f. too.
>
>
>   
It will be very interesting if anybody skilled in programming will
create an open sourse analogue programm like the skype.