Bug#768251: RFS: ip2location/7.0.0-1 [ITP]

["Tobias Frost" <tobi@frost.de>]

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> On 06/11/14 10:03, Sven Hoexter wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 09:45:25PM -0800, Lim Chris wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Package name    : ip2location
>>> Version         : 7.0.0-1
>>> Upstream Author : IP2Location
>>> URL             : http://www.ip2location.com
>>
>> Is this tool of any use without the commercial database?
>> Are there free databases available? Otherwise I think
>> this belongs to contrib.
>>
>> Sven
>>
>
> Looks like there is a lite version available here:
> http://lite.ip2location.com/

... but with a non-free license, only, IMHO

--- from http://lite.ip2location.com/faqs ---
Can I redistribute the database in my client application?

"You can redistribute one copy of the LITE database with your application with
attribution. However, you need to inform all users to register for an
individual license in http://lite.ip2location.com to download monthly updates.
Third party database repository is not allowed."
--- ----

My English-parser is not robust enough but I think the "one copy" in the first
sentence and the whole last sentence could be read that you are not allowed to
provide updates.
Clearly, it fails both the desert island test and the dissident test.


> Daniel
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