apache non-free?

[Rob Bos <rbos@sandwich.net>]

> BTW: Someone of the people who fear legal risks should remove the apache
>     packages from the archives - distributing a package built from
>     modified sources violates the copyright...

I've been reading /usr/share/doc/copyright, and this might be a good point,
though phrased somewhat trollishly - provision 4 and 5.

<snip>
 * 4. The names "Apache Server" and "Apache Group" must not be used to
 *    endorse or promote products derived from this software without
 *    prior written permission. For written permission, please contact
 *    apache@apache.org.
 *
 * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Apache"
 *    nor may "Apache" appear in their names without prior written
 *    permission of the Apache Group.
</snip>

Since the package is called "apache", debian is using the apache name to
"endorse or promote products derived from this software" and since the
package is modified (several .info files, a few other miscellaneous things)
that may count as a "derivative".

The fact that the "copyright" file also includes

<snip>
   This product includes software developed by the Apache Group for use
   in the Apache HTTP server project (http://www.apache.org/).  This
   product includes software developed by Ralf S. Engelschall
   <rse@engelschall.com> for use in the mod_ssl project
   (http://www.engelschall.com/sw/mod_ssl/).
</snip>

also appears to support that this apache package is "derived".

I've read the full copyright file and grepped for terms in
/usr/share/doc/apache.  Am I completely off base?

-- 
Rob Bos, rbos@{sandwich.net,linux.com}, expert on everything and everyone

The more freedom they want to take away, the more complicated the language
will be.