Brian Pellin <bpellin@pellin.net> writes: > Junichi Uekawa wrote: > >>> Commercialization of this product is prohibited without notifying the >>> Department of Energy (DOE) or Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory >>> (LLNL)." >>> >>> This seems to me to conflict with the GPL, and I'd like confirmation >>> on that. I guess if it is, then the proper procedure would be to ask >>> upstream about the conflict. >>> >> >> That conflicts with Debian Free Software Guidelines, even if it >> doesn't conflict with GPL. >> > Are you certain that this is a violation? I believe you were probably > refering to the "No discrimination against fields of endeavor" clause, > but is notification considered a restriction? It doesn't require > permission from LLNL, just that they be notified. Any form of notification that *must* be done is not DFSG-compliant. > Regardless I will contact the upstream author to see if this product can > be distributed without that clause, but in the past have notification > clauses been considered a DFSG violation? See, for example, graphviz, which requires any modifications to be sent upstream. It's not exactly that same case, but it's similar enough, I think. -- Poems... always a sign of pretentious inner turmoil.
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