Re: Advice in 3 packages
>>>>> "Antonio" == Antonio Ognio <aognio@gmail.com> writes:
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Antonio> httplog
Antonio> -------
Antonio> Main problem I have with this package is it's license: Free
Antonio> Software License. Haven't yet realized if this is a custom
Antonio> license from the upstream author or something else but quite
Antonio> little known. The relevant parts are here:
If you want a real opinion, you should ask on debian-legal, but here are
my non-professional (unprofessional? ;-) ) opinions.
Antonio> TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Antonio> 1. You may make copies of the Software.
No problems here. ;-)
Antonio> 2. You may prepare derivative works based on the Software,
Antonio> provided the following conditions are met: i) All modifications
Antonio> to the Software must be prominently declared in the same file
Antonio> as the modification, and must include the date of the
Antonio> modification and the person who made the modification.
A bit of a strange condition (requiring changes to be documented), IMHO,
but I don't think that makes it non-free.
Antonio> 3. You have the right to make available to the public copies of
Antonio> the Software or derivative works of the Software, provided the
Antonio> following conditions are met: i) Copies in any form must retain
Antonio> all copyright notices, all notices that refer to this License,
Antonio> and must include this License, without modification.
Pretty standard condition, I think.
Antonio> ii) The name of any Copyright Owner may not be used to endorse
Antonio> or promote products either containing, or derived from the
Antonio> Software.
Again, I think this is fairly standard. A similar clause is in the BSD
license.
Antonio> This means the package would go in 'contrib' or 'non-free'??
It looks free to me. My only possible concern would be clause 2i. But,
again, you should probably ask debian-legal before you try to get this
into Debian.
BTW, 'contrib' is only for software that depends on non-free software.
So unless httplog depends on non-free software, it would go in main, if
the license is free, or non-free, if the license is non-free.
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