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Re: Expat + exception = DFSG-compatible?



This is not a DFSG free license, and it will be rejected from NEW if it's sent there :)

Cheers,
  Paul

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@debian.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,

I'm seeking second opinion regarding mutation of the Expat license that can
be found in [1]. In particular, author added the following clause:

    The Software shall not be used nor made available to TESTTailor or any
    individual or organization related or operated by Adarsh Mehta from
    Germany; some people just don't deserve free work to be made available
    to them.

Do we consider this as DFSG compatible license?

IMHO it is a DFSG-compatible license because added clause is not a
restriction for field of endeavour but a termination clause similar to GPL
ones except that is is explicitly added to the license in order to blacklist
a known offender.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

[1]: https://github.com/martin-denizet/redmine_login_audit#license

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 Dmitry Smirnov.

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