Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?
Andrew Suffield <asuffield@debian.org> writes:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:39:47AM +0000, Brian M. Carlson wrote:
>> Sun RPC is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is
>> provided for unrestricted use provided that this legend is
>> included on all tape media and as a part of the software
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> That seems worse than the advertising clause.
I'm not sure if they actually want you to print the notice on the
cartridge. But the license doesn't permit non-developers (mirror
admins, for example) to distribute the code.
Has anybody asked Sun for a clarification of the license, or tried to
obtain the code under a different license? Or maybe the FSF has
obtained a suitable license and just forgot to update the copyright
notice?
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