ssh licence is OK (was Re: utmp/wtmp changes from libc5 to libc6)
Hi,
There was a question about whether we were allowed to distribute modified
versions of SSH without changing the name of the package --- I asked Tatu
Ylonen (ssh's author) and here is the relevant bit of his reply:
The main intention of the license is to avoid proliferation of
slightly different competing versions. I don't see a problem with
fixing bugs, especially if they are contained in the detached patch
file. Please sent any bug fixes to ssh-bugs@cs.hut.fi so that they
can be integrated into the distribution.
Anyway, to clarify, you are hereby permitted to distribute the
freeware version of SSH as a package for Debian Linux, linked against
the shared gmp and possibly containing small bug fixes as you
described. You are allowed to call the package "ssh" as long as there
are no substantial changes to the protocol or the functionality.
This of course does not imply any warranties, patent licenses, etc.,
and the distribution should contain the normal copyright notices etc.
Best regards,
Tatu Ylonen <ylo@ssh.fi>
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F-Secure Internet Security Solutions http://www.datafellows.com/f-secure
Free Unix SSH http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh
I'll include this at the end of the copyright file.
Cheers, Phil.
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