Bug#88416: ITP: snooper -- Captures communication between two external serial devices
David Starner <dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org> writes:
> Where's the website? Because that license above is not DFSG - besides
> not giving us the right to make modifications, "pray before try" is not
> DFSG-free.
heh :) i've never taken the advice to "pray" as a requirement, but i
guess one could read it that way.
his web site is http://www.itojun.org/itojun.html
here's a copy of the message I sent him, I'll follow up here when he
replies:
> To: freesoftware@itojun.org
> Subject: introduction (and a license question)
> Hello, itojun.
> My name is David Coe, and I'm one of the Debian (www.debian.org)
> GNU/Linux maintainers.
> I've recently taken over responsibility for the Debian package of your
> "camediaplay" and would also like to package your "snooper" program.
> Both of these programs contain very brief copyright/license statements
> in their README files, and Debian must be very careful that we don't
> claim a software package is free (as in "freedom") if that is not what
> you intended.
> Having read your web site and resume, I suspect you agree with the
> Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG -- available in many languages
> at http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines ). If that is
> true, would you reply confirming that fact, or (perhaps better for us
> both) would you include a statement in your programs' licenses
> granting the rights described in the DFSG?
> And, of course, if you don't agree with some of the points in the
> DFSG, please document that as well, so we will know not to include
> your packages in Debian free software, and other downloaders of your
> software will know what rights they have and don't have.
> Thanks.
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