Hi Matt (& list), Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:35:28PM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: > >>| |-- DCOracle2-cvs.tar.gz - +(ask) >>| |-- TwistedSNMP-0.3.13.tar.gz - +(ask) >>| `-- sybase-0.36.tar.gz - +(ask) >> >>The "DCOracle2/LICENSE.txt reads: >>[...] > MIT-like. No problems. Fine :-) >>The TwistedSNMP-0.3.13/license.txt reads: >>THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN ANY >>SITUATION ENDANGERING HUMAN LIFE OR PROPERTY. > This is possibly problematic, depending on how you define "should". I'd > take it as just being a restatement of the whole "no warranty, if it breaks > you get to keep both pieces" thing, Yeah. Interestingly (as a side-note), I have read something like this before. It's in the Windows License concerning the use of Sun's Java. I think it means something like: "If you use this to steer an airplane and that crashes, don't blame us - we warned you". Not very reassuring IMHO. > but it could be read as forbidding use > in the mentioned areas. ... which would be against the policy, right? Hmmm. I wonder if that still could be packaged, and where to - contrib? non-free? The latter, I suppose? >>[the rest of the license] > Again, MIT-like. All good, with the possible exception of the "No danger" > clause, which I think is harmless. Ok... >>while the sybase-0.36/LICENCE reads: >>[...] > MIT-like. All good. Fine. > As an aside, I've got packages of python-sybase floating around here > somewhere. I never uploaded them to Debian because I have no interest in > maintaining them long-term, I just whipped them up for a client one day. I > can send them to you if you'd like (and possibly sponsor them into Debian if > you want to maintain it yourself). That would be cool. Thanks for your kind offer. cheers, wjl aka Wolfgang Lonien -- Key ID 0x728D9BD0 public key available at wwwkeys.de.pgp.net Key fingerprint = A923 2294 B7ED EB3E 2F18 AE56 AAB8 D36A 728D 9BD0 we prefer encrypted text-only emails all systems here proudly run Debian GNU/Linux
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