Hi altogether, On debian's goupware-meeting, [1] I started to work on packaging z-push [2] for debian. Z-push is a software to syncronise ActiveSync-capable phones to your groupware server. It is licensed under GPLv2, however the LICENSE file starts with > NOTE: According to sec. 8 of the GNU General Public License (GPL), > Version 2, the distribution of the Program in or to the > United States of America is excluded from the scope of this license. > The Program is licensed under GPL Version 2 only. Section 8 of the GPL reads: > 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in > certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the > original copyright holder who places the Program under this License > may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding > those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among > countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates > the limitation as if written in the body of this License. This problem has also been discussed by Fedora [3], where it is not included. I wanted to ask for the status in debian. Even if it can't be distributet in main, wouldn't it be possible to include it in non-free? The software can be downloaded from berlios [4], which is locate in Berlin, Germany, but can be reached from the USA. Please CC: me on replies, since I am not subscribed to debian-legal. With best regards, Wolfi [1] http://wiki.debian.org/GroupwareMeeting2010-04-09to11 [2] http://z-push.sourceforge.net/soswp [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570398 [4] https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=8963
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