Are they talking about redistribution, or access? Are they saying
that we're not allowed to distribute the file ourselves, or are they
saying that we're not allowed to download the file without agreeing to
the terms?
We might need to agree to their
terms of use to use their website. This makes sense -- having every
Debian user access their website regularly via some background script
would probably have annoying bandwidth costs for them. In the worst case, that could amount to a breach of the CFAA (in the US).
There
might also be reasons we can't redistribute the file ourselves, but
those are less likely to be a problem -- I would agree that this file
probably isn't copyrightable.
Regards,
Daniel J. Hakimi
B.S. Philosophy, RPI 2012
B.S. Computer Science, RPI 2012
J.D. Cardozo Law 2015