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Re: Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work



Hi,

Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> writes:

> On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 07:48:31PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
>
>> it would still not be DFSG-free, because it
>> fails the "desert island test" for snail mail.  Were OmniTI Computer
>> Consulting would accept email, it would also fail the "dissident test".
>
> This is the first time I see someone claiming BSD-4-clause would not
> be distributable.
>

Well, BSD-4-clause isn't on the list of DFSG-approved licenses...

  https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses

>> Finally, BSD-4-clause is not an approved license in KDE projects
>>   https://community.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy
>
> Policies for new source code added in KDE are not relevant in Debian.
>
>> Feel free to escalate this issue...I'm humble and am comfortable with
>> being shown the error of my ways, but I believe this is a genuine
>> problem.
>
> Yes, it would be good if other people from debian-legal would comment.
>

Agreed :-)


Cheers,
Nicholas

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