Re: Looking for +info about the license of a new package: Ossec
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Jose Antonio Quevedo
<joseantonio.quevedo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry,
>
> The last license looks like not being the complete license.
>
> Attached is the real and complete license, the LICENSE file included in
> source code.
This is exactly the same license as the website.
It is just GNU GPLv3 with clarifications about their interpretation of
the phrase "derivative works", which may or may not apply in a court.
Same comment applies about OpenSSL. Unless they amend the license,
Debian cannot distribute their software as long as it links to or uses
code from OpenSSL:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/11/threads.html#00244
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses#OpenSSL
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pabs
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