FRR package in Debian violates the GPL licence
Hi,
The FRR package contains code, e.g. in the ldpd and babeld directories
notably, which can not function without the assistance of and
orchestration of GPL code; code whose function can not be understood
without reference to the GPL source code - this FRR code is deriving of
the GPL code (as per multiple sets of legal advice available to me),
which I hold copyright in.
The code concerned however is explicitly /not/ being distributed under
the terms required by the GPL licence, but rather much weaker licences
(BSD or MIT/X11, e.g.). Licenses which fail to implement the reciprocal
source code publication conditions of the GPL, amongst other things.
This is no accident. It is a deliberate campaign to undermine the GPL on
this code-base, to normalise the stripping of copyleft requirement from
it, and permit the ability to build proprietary works on top of it.
E.g., see:
https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/issues/1923
It is - I am advised - not permitted by the GPL and infringing of my
copyright in thise code-base, and also incitement to commit copyright
infringement. As such, the termination clause of the GPL became
applicable to FRR.
Use and distribution is unlicensed.
I reserve the right to recover damages and compensation, to the greatest
extent allowed by relevant laws, from anyone any unlicensed use or
distribution of code I hold copyright in.
regards,
--
Paul Jakma | paul@jakma.org | @pjakma | Key ID: 0xD86BF79464A2FF6A
Fortune:
"What I've done, of course, is total garbage."
-- R. Willard, Pure Math 430a
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