Re: RFS: spim
Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi@gmail.com> writes:
> [Please CC me in replies]
Done. I am sending to the ‘debian-legal’ forum, to discuss the license
terms of the work.
> * Package name : spim
> Version : 7.5-1
> Upstream Author : James R. Larus <larus@microsoft.com>
> * URL : http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html
> * License : other
> Section : non-free/electronics
>
> It builds these binary packages:
> spim - MIPS R2000/R3000 emulator
>
> The package appears to be lintian clean.
>
> The license is as follows:
> You may make copies of SPIM for your own use and modify those copies.
>
> All copies of SPIM must retain my name and copyright notice.
>
> You may not sell SPIM or distribute SPIM in conjunction with a
> commercial product or service without the expressed written consent of
> James Larus.
This grants no permission to redistribute. What license from the
copyright holder does the Debian project have to redistribute this in
‘non-free’?
If the answer is “nothing explicit”, then the default copyright
restrictions prevent the Debian project from redistributing the work at
all.
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Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>
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