Hello. I have recently opened bug requesting packaging of AMD (#629518). Andreas Beckmann pointed out that there might be problems with license preventing software from being distributable in non-free. I attach license file. Here is my quick analysis, also sent as comment to bug #629518. I am not sure whether Debian would be considered Organization as meant by clause 1 c (make and distribute copies of the Software within your organization). Another problem would be with point 2 c) (electronically transmit the Software from one computer to another or over a network). Point 6 (US government) and 7 (export restrictions) could be problematic, but I am not sure about Debian policy in that regard. IMO the additional licenses (Elf Tool Chain Project, src/sys/sys/elf32.h, src/sys/sys/elf64.h and src/sys/sys/elf_common.h, src/sys/sys/queue.h) resemble BSD license, but I am not a specialist. Best regards. -- Tomasz Rybak <bogomips@post.pl> GPG/PGP key ID: 2AD5 9860 Fingerprint A481 824E 7DD3 9C0E C40A 488E C654 FB33 2AD5 9860 http://member.acm.org/~tomaszrybak
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