Re: RFS: ax-emergency-listen
The problem defining a software license with such restriction,... Could this be considered free software if there is a restriction of use?
I don't agree to put a restriction like that in a software but once it is done... What should us, as debian developers do with that software?
Should we forward this question to debian-devel or any other list?
Should we write the author to explain our concerns so he thinks about changing the license?
Jaime
El 26/04/2011, a las 17:51, Patrick Ouellette <pat@flying-gecko.net> escribió:
> If there is a problem with these particular restrictions, then there is a
> problem with all the ham radio stack in the kernel and the other utilities
> and programs for reception/transmission of amateur radio since you (legally)
> need an amateur radio license to transmit on amateur radio frequencies.
>
> The APRS specification is available to the public, and anyone is free to
> implement it in software.
>
> It looks like the software in question is just an extension of aprsmon that
> reacts to emergency traffic on the APRS data stream.
>
> Aprsmon is already available in the Debian package aprsdigi.
>
> Pat
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:48:41PM +0200, Jaime Robles wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>> Reading the link of the software I read:
>> "The use of the APRS® Internet Gateway subsystem is allowed only for licensed radio amateur operators. APRS® is a registered trademark of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR."
>>
>> How does it fit with the GPL or the Debian requirements for free software?
>> I have not read the full license of APRS but it seems that we could face some problems there...
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>>
>>
>> Jaime
>>
>
> --
>
> Patrick Ouellette pat@flying-gecko.net
> ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO
>
> What kind of change have you been in the world today?
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