Re: preparing new packages: DQS and PVM (Need signature in Australia)

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

> 
>    I'm preparing packages for DQS (the Distributed Queueing System) and
> PVM (parallel virtual machine).  Both can go into main.  PVM's copyright
> has the "use, copy, modify, and distribute without fee" phrase.

That means it cannot go into main, though. CD manufactuers have to
be able to sell (and make profit) the CD.

> DQS has a no-resale phrase, but I've spoken to the authors and they
> interpret it in the Artistic sense (commercial CDROMs are OK, source code
> can be modified).

Is that a "debian-only" interpretation? Then that too needs to go into
non-free: licences should not distcriminate against other distributions.
> 
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