Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.
Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> writes:
> [Marco: The primary function of this list is to discuss licenses and
> the legal ramifications of those licenses. As none (or almost none) of
> us are lawyers, we cannot give legal advice. The following is not
> legal advice either.]
>
> As far as we know, packages in main are legal to distribute pretty
> much everywhere. You may need to remove the encryption parts in
> certain countries, although I don't think that applies to Italy.
You also should remember to distribute source where you are required
to do so -- for all GPL'd packages you get from Debian, for example,
you must distribute the source.
> However, as most of us are not attorneys, and as such, not allowed to
> practice law in Italy, you should probably consider approaching
> someone knowledgeable in the laws of your locality who can give you
> more detailed and accurate information regarding the laws and how they
> interact with software.
-Brian
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Brian T. Sniffen bts@alum.mit.edu
http://www.evenmere.org/~bts/
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