tss2: Is it DFSG compatible
Hello debian-legal,
There is a package at mentors[1] and a RFS[2] requesting this package to
be included in Debian. Looking at it I found that, although this
package uses license BSD-3 license, it contains the following excerpt:
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A portion of the source code is derived from the TPM specification,
which has a TCG copyright. It is reproduced here for reference.
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Licenses and Notices
Copyright Licenses:
* Trusted Computing Group (TCG) grants to the user of the source code
in this specification (the "Source Code") a worldwide, irrevocable,
nonexclusive, royalty free, copyright license to reproduce, create
derivative works, distribute, display and perform the Source Code and
derivative works thereof, and to grant others the rights granted
herein.
* The TCG grants to the user of the other parts of the specification
(other than the Source Code) the rights to reproduce, distribute,
display, and perform the specification solely for the purpose of
developing products based on such documents.
Is this last paragraph a possible violation of DSFG, or, should it not
be taken in consideration since it seems to exempt the source code?
Thank you,
Breno
[1] https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tss2/tss2_1045-1.dsc
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864532
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