Re: RFS: aescrypt
Benoît Knecht wrote:
> mezgani ali wrote:
> > Sorry, the upload of the package failed but, if you check the new sources
> > now, you'll find that the copyright is changed and i've joined the text mail
> > of new license, from upstream author.
>
> Upstream doesn't seem to understand that their "freeware" license is not
> free: it doesn't give you the right to modify the software and to
> redistribute modified versions of the software. If they want something
> less restrictive than the GPL, they should use a 3-clause BSD or Expat
> license.
Oh and they should also provide a copy of the GPL along with the source
code, as required by the GPL itself.
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Benoît Knecht
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