Bug#224866: kanjidic: Kanjidic is not DFSG-free
Package: kanjidic
Version: 2003.07.21-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.2.1
Kanjidic's copyright file states (lines 208-212):
"The commercial utilization of the frequency numbers is prohibited
without written permission from Jack Halpern. Use by individuals and
small groups for reference and research purposes is permitted, on
condition that acknowledgement of the source and this notice are
included."
The Debian Policy Manual section 2.2.1 states that packages in the main
archive must comply with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. The Debian
Free Software Guidlines states, in section 2.1 of the Debian Policy
Manual:
No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the
program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may
not restrict the program from being used in a business, or
from being used for genetic research.
This appears to me to be a clear violation of policy.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux mabli 2.6.0-c1 #1 Thu Dec 18 18:33:13 GMT 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=cy_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=cy_GB.UTF-8
-- no debconf information
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