Re: ITP fsmark - bug 655224: License restriction for lib_timing.c DFSG compliant?
Am Dienstag, 10. Januar 2012 schrieb Ben Finney:
> Martin Steigerwald <ms@teamix.de> writes:
> > On packaging fs_mark I found
> >
> > 8 * Copyright (c) 2000 Carl Staelin.
> > 9 * Copyright (c) 1994-1998 Larry McVoy.
> >
> > 10 * Distributed under the FSF GPL with
> > 11 * additional restriction that results may published only if
> > 12 * (1) the benchmark is unmodified, and
> > 13 * (2) the version in the sccsid below is included in the report.
>
> No version of the GPL is specified. That's often taken to mean “whatever
> version you, the recipient, choose”. I don't know how well that would
> hold up if challenged.
>
> These additions are not compatible with the GPL which, in GPLv3 §10 says
> “You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the
> rights granted or affirmed under this License.”
>
> > Is this restriction DFSG compliant?
>
> It's not only not compliant with the DFSG; it's not compliant with the
> GPL itself. So the recipient has no effective grant of license to
> redistribute.
>
> I hope you can contact upstream and notify them that the terms do not
> grant effective license to any recipient, and encourage them to remove
> those additional restrictions.
Okay, so it couldn't even be distributed in non-free, when I understand this
correctly.
I will try to find out mail addresses of the upstream authors and contact them.
Thanks,
--
Martin Steigerwald - teamix GmbH - http://www.teamix.de
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