Is mpage DFSG compatible?
Hi guys,
I am doing a revision over the orphaned package 'mpage' (in main tree).
When migrating the debian/copyright file to 1.0 format, I did a full
revision in source code and I found two doubtful situations for me.
The first issue is the license used by mpage:
* Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim
* copies of this document as received, in any medium, provided
* that this copyright notice is preserved, and that the
* distributor grants the recipient permission for further
* redistribution as permitted by this notice.
IMO, this license doesn't allow modify the source code. So, this
license is inadequate.
The second issue is the license of the Contrib/mfix/test.ps file:
% Copyright (c) 1986-89, ArborText, Inc.
% Permission to copy is granted so long as the PostScript code
% is not resold or used in a commercial product.
In this license the rigths to resold or use in a commercial product is
denied. In this case, the solution is remove the file (not essential,
a contrib only).
Well, I need your opinions about what to do. Should be this package
moved to non-free? Must it be removed? Am I wrong?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Eriberto
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