On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 09:05:43PM +0200, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > Now, the reason I'm posting here is I've noticed the following claim > made by nmap developers [1]: > > in accordance with section 4 of the GPL, we hereby terminate SCO's > rights to redistribute any versions of Nmap in any of their products, > including (without limitation) OpenLinux, Skunkware, OpenServer, and > UNIXWare." First, note that they are terminating one licensee's license, that being SCO's (the SCO Group's). > My understanding of that is that you're only allowed to use this program > as long as you comply with the GPL, which does not limit its > distribution or usage on certain platforms. Any such addendum would be a > new licence. A copyright holder always has the right to revoke a license for noncompliance with the license's stated terms. Debian cannot do anything about that. > By browsing the GPL FAQ, I came across two sections, which, in short, > state that if you change the GPL, you must not use the name GPL [3] and > that you are not allowed to distribute a program under a different > licence than GPL, but have all modifications be GPL [4]. > > I am not sure if adding that claim means you've changed the GPL. If it > doesn't, then what I've said above is irrelevant and should be ignored. > :-) The NMAP developers are asserting that SCO has violated their (NMAP's) application of the GNU GPL to the NMAP software. -- G. Branden Robinson | Fair use is irrelevant and Debian GNU/Linux | improper. branden@debian.org | -- Asst. U.S. Attorney Scott http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | Frewing, explaining the DMCA
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