Re: Bug#198957: ITP: email -- Send email from command line, either via MTA or SMTP, with optional encryption
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:38:47AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:32:59AM +0100, Millis Miller wrote:
> > > * License : Custom
> >
> > Its license is non-free, not "Custom":
> >
> > * Copyright (C) 2001 email by Dean Jones
> > *
> > * This source and program come as is, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and/or
> > * WITHOUT ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY.
> > *
> > * Users of said software should realize that they cannot and will not
> > * Hold Cleancode.org reliable or responsible for any purpose WHAT SO EVER.
> > * Please read all documentation and use said software responsibly.
> > *
> > * ANY COMMERCIAL REDISTRIBUTION OR ANY PROPRIETARY REDISTRIBUTION OF THIS
> > * OR ANY SOURCE FROM CLEANCODE.ORG IS PROHIBITED UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND
> > * SHALL NOT BE RE-SOLD OR REDISTRIBUTED WITHOUT PRIOR AGREEMENTS WITH
> > * CLEANCODE.ORG
> > *
> > * I can be reached by electronic mail if there are any questions or concerns
> > * about this or any other software that was written/distributed by
> > * Cleancode.org
> > * software@cleancode.org
> > *
> > * Software supplied and written by http://www.cleancode.org
> >
> > I'm not sure (i'm not good with legalese), but i suppose that you (we) shold
> > ask cleancode.org the agreement about redistribution of 'email' to
> > cleancode.org: i'm Cc-ing -legal to get some advise.
>
> For what it's worth, I believe this licence is *waaaaay* non-free. It
> doesn't allow redistribution at all, it doesn't allow modification, it
> discriminates against fields of endeavour (commercial interests), and if we
> asked for a "prior agreement" we'd get around most of the above issues but
> it would specific to Debian.
>
> I also have issues with the definition of "commercial redistribution or
> proprietary redistribution" - I get the feeling that would be a hairy one to
> argue in court (proprietary, especially).
>
> Also, unless http://www.cleancode.org is a legally registered entity, how
> can it have supplied and written the software in question? Sounds like an
> assertion of copyright to me, but I don't think a simple website can hold
> copyright (unless it's a registered legal entity, of course).
>
> So, we've violated DFSG 1, 2, 3, 5/6, and 8. Not bad for one licence which
> someone thought was DFSG free. I'd recommend going to upstream, showing
> them the DFSG, and asking if they'd mind relicencing it in some half-ways
> decent (or at least, unambiguous) manner, preferably a standard licence that
> fits their needs (it's not as though there aren't enough of them to choose
> from), and clarify the ownership of the code.
>
>
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> Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence
> http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16
>
I have been following this thread since its beginning. I have installed
on my system the "nmh" and friends command line e-mail handling
utilities. My MTA is postfix. I can't understand from the discussion
what this package might have to offer that is not already available in
the stable distribution.
I have visited the upstream web site http://www.cleancode.org with the
purpose of finding out what their philosophy might be regarding open
source in general and the DFSG in particular. My impression is they are
not what they claim, to wit:
This is an open source community, so please feel free to inquire about
our code and/or cleancode.org.
is their claim, but:
ANY COMMERCIAL REDISTRIBUTION OR ANY PROPRIETARY REDISTRIBUTION OF
THIS OR ANY SOURCE FROM CLEANCODE.ORG IS PROHIBITED UNDER CERTAIN
CONDITIONS AND SHALL NOT BE RE-SOLD OR REDISTRIBUTED WITHOUT PRIOR
AGREEMENTS WITH CLEANCODE.ORG
just does not make sense.
I have the impression of some very confused thinking. I recommend
"Caution Will Robinson"!
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