Re: licence verification for the Bewan ADSL modem driver.
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 01:20:36PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 05:58:33PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> > ------------------------------------
> > Program code and documentation are
> > (C) Copyright 2002 BeWAN systems
> > All rights reserved.
> >
> > This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> > the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> > (at your option) any later version.
> >
> > In addition, as a special exception, BeWAN systems gives permission
> > to link the code of this program with the modem SW library
> > (modem_ant_PCI.o, modem_ant_USB.o), and distribute linked combinations
> > including the two. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all
> > respects for all of the code used other than the modem SW library.
> >
> > See the file COPYING.GPL for details.
> > ------------------------------------
>
> > The response i got from this list at the time was that it was ok to
> > licence the code under the GPL and to add an additional exception for
> > the proprietary part like is done here, in order to put the package into
> > debian/non-free.
>
> > I distribute only the source in a debian conform
> > kernel-module-source package.
>
> > So, is there something wrong with the wording of this licence or
> > something other i did miss ?
>
> > BTW, i think there is, since this allow us to distribute the binary
> > package but not the not linked proprietary part, right ?
>
> Do we have permission to redistribute modem_ant_PCI.o and
> modem_ant_USB.o? That's the only thing I don't see in this license. Is
> that permission granted elsewhere?
Yes, i also see this as a problem and already asked the Bewan people
about this. I guess they meant it implicitly in the permission to link
stuff.
Anyway, i will not get response from them before monday.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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