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Re: Bug#229769: ITP: hfsprogs -- mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems



On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Graham Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 03:31:53PM +0100, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> > * Package name    : hfsprogs
> >   Version         : dunno
> >   Upstream Author : Apple Computer Inc.
> > * URL             : http://developer.apple.com/darwin/
> > * License         : APSL
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > these ports.  The resulting package will have to go into non-free due
> > to Apple's license, but better non-free than none.
> 
> Out of curiosity, what makes the APSL non-free?

See the thread starting at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200308/msg00527.html
for the most recent APSL saga.

Brian T. Sniffen's message[1] is probably the most cogent analysis of
the issues affecting the APSL.


Don Armstrong

1: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200308/msg00549.html
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