Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 09:18:20PM +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > >>Are you proposing that any other (i.e. non-Mozilla) package in main, >>that is licensed under MPL or MPL-derivate has to be expelled? > > I'm merely agreeing with the general sentiment that the MPL is non-free. > That does mean I agree that all software only available under the MPL > has to be relicensed or removed. I don't have the energy or motivation to > actually try to push for this (also, "IANADD"), but if Mozilla officially I am not a DD either. I maintain firebird2 for a couple of months. Francesco Loverigne is sponsoring the uploads. >>I maintain firebird2[1] packages and I'd be very badly surprised if I'd >>have to ask for its removal. firebird is licensed under Interbase Public >>license (IPL), and new files are under Initial Developer Public License. >>Both of them are MPL-clones with all the nasty source-of-venue and >>keep-source-available-12-months clauses. See them at the Copyright link >>at [1] (too long to be posted here) > > Do you agree that the license is non-free? (It sounds like you do, calling > those clauses "nasty" and all.) I call it "unfriendly". I'd be a lot happier it firebird2 was under GPL or BSD-like license. I hate reading tens of pages of legal text that I barely understand. As of being DFSG-free, I have mixed feelings. I see marginal truth in the interpretation of the source-of-venue clause as a hidden cost. The other main concern (12 months availability of source code, or 6-months if new version is released) imposes restrictions on the archive that I beleive are unfullfilable at the moment (and in forseeable future). Breaking this requirement can be avoided by mirroring the MPL-licensed parts of the archive somewhere that this requirement can be satisfied. Add to this that the company I work for needs firebird for its business and you'll see why I put my efforts in maintenance of firebird, despite the unpleasant license. Hopefully, this clarifies my position enough. dam
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