Hi all, I'm quite in a rush, so I didn't find enough time to do a complete analysis, I apologize for this. Could someone explain to me why firebird is in main? It is my opinion that the MPL license fails to meet the DFSG. This opinion seems to be shared by other debian-legal regulars: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00221.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/03/msg00551.html Firebird is licensed under the terms of two licenses that claim to be MPL-type: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/f/firebird2.0/current/copyright and, indeed, from a quick glance, they seem to share at least some of the issues of the MPL: choice of venue, modified source must be kept online for at least 6 months, ... I even wonder whether Debian is actually *able* to comply with those licenses (I'm especially concerned with the 6-month-source-availability clause). I didn't find any serious bug filed against firebird2.0 or firebird1.5. Why? Standardized disclaimers: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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