Re: Maelstrom copyright (again)
On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Richard Braakman wrote:
> I have been thinking some more about the Maelstrom license. The
> copyright file in the package contains the following paragraph:
>
> The author of the port of Maelstrom to Linux, Sam Lantinga
> <slouken@cs.ucdavis.edu>, has approved the inclusion of Maelstrom in Debian
> distributions, including commercially distributed versions, as long as
> Maelstrom is _not_ sold independently and remains freely available.
>
> This is no longer enough to put a package in the main distribution
> (see section 8 of the Debian Free Software Guidelines), but it is
> obviously not the author's intent to make Maelstrom unfree. Perhaps
> if I contacted the author, I could arrange a less restrictive license.
>
> Should I try this?
Yes. I think you ask them to use an existing free license (GPL, Aristic,
BSD, etc.) instead of making their own ones.
> Can someone give me suggestions or guidelines on how to approach an
> author about such matters?
>
> (The debian-policy document says to ask here for advice before
> contacting the authors, so I presume you have some to give :-)
I don't know :-) but you should definitely be friendly. Perhaps it's good
to show them the Social Contract and the DFSG.
Thanks,
Chris
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