Re: [non-free] Packaging a closed-source application with limited distribution access
On 11873 March 1977, Pau Garcia i. Quiles wrote:
> Given that the freely downloadable tarball will NOT accept commercial
> license keys, I need to package a commercial version of the tarball. I
> have been told this should not be a problem for Intersystems (I
> waiting for a definitive answer on this, though), because without a
> license key the commercial tarball behaves like the free version:
> single-user. Accessing the commercial tarball would not be a problem
> either, because the company I work for licenses and resells Caché, so
> we already have access to the commercial tarballs.
> Questions
> - Is this kind of software, with such a limited access to the binary
> tarball, allowed to be in non-free?
The main point within non-free is "Are we allowed to distribute it". All
the rest is a nice addition, but not neccessary.
For access to upstreams distributed stuff - well. Debian has lotsa stuff
where we basically are the main distribution point nowadays, as upstream
went away. Difference is the availability of source, so we can actually
fix bugs there. Should be easy in this case - "Its buggy? Remove the
binary crap", should upstream no longer be accessible.
> - In case the answer to the former question is negative because of the
> limited access relaying on me being available: if I would get (from
> Intersystems) a username and password with access only to the
> commercial tarballs, just for packaging purposes, and NO public
> disclosure of username and password (i. e. only to one or two more
> people, think something like the "Intersystems Caché packaging team"),
> would it be acceptable?
What does it help if its not you as a SPOF, but you and one other
person? You both go away, boom. Well, would be an easy removal then.
Besides, I would be surprised if you get the permission to redistribute
the whole thing, when they have such a restricted access to it in the
first place. After all the whole set of Debian mirrors would basically
provide their tarball, making all their user/password access
*pointless*.
> 2) We are deploying it to a lot of remote clients and
> packaging it makes deployment and upgrades much much easier. I'm going
> to package Caché no matter if it's going to non-free or not.
Well, yes, you can use an own archive too :)
So yes, if you really get a license that allows redistribution for us,
then it can go in.
--
bye, Joerg
<mrvn> Anyone with a cdrw/dvdrw drive up for some crazy experiments? Ever
noticed how the color changes when you burn something on a CD/DVD?
Are there ways to control it? I want ISOPAINT: Paint pictures into an
iso image visible after its burned to cd/dvd.
<doogie> interesting idea
<doogie> how long have you been off your medication?
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