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Hydra license is not DFSG-free



[debian-legal: please see <URL: http://bugs.debian.org/258057 >]

It should also be noted that because this license is GPL-incompatible[1],
any GNU GPL-licensed code in it, that is not copyrighted by van Hauser is
being used in violation of the GNU GPL.  That means we cannot distribute
this package even in non-free.

Under the Free Software Foundation's interpretation of the GNU GPL, this is
also true if Hydra links against GNU GPL-licensed libraries.

[1] Clauses 2, 3, and 4 of this license are "further restrictions" as
described in GPL clause 6.

  6.  Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
  Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
  original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
  these terms and conditions.  You may not impose any further restrictions
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |      "There is no gravity in space."
Debian GNU/Linux                   |      "Then how could astronauts walk
branden@debian.org                 |       around on the Moon?"
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |      "Because they wore heavy boots."

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