Bug#350506: [Fwd: gbdfed license of one file]
Looked again on packaging gbdfed but there is a licensing issue,
referred it to debian-legal.
FWIW, xmbdfed has the same file with the same license, if this is
considered non-free xmbdfed needs to be removed.
Baruch
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: gbdfed license of one file
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:13:11 +0100
From: Baruch Even <baruch@ev-en.org>
To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
Hi,
I'm packaging gbdfed and in reviewing the license of the source files I
found the following notice:
* - You can use this code for any purpose and without fee, except that
* you may distribute only verbatim copies of it. Please send me any
* bug fixes, ports or improvements for inclusion in future versions.
*
* - The code is supplied with no warranty of any kind.
This seems non-free to me due to the "distribute only verbatim copies"
part, but I wanted to check that before I contact the upstream author.
The rest of the code uses the following license:
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"),
* to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
* the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
* and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
* THE COMPUTING RESEARCH LAB OR NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE
FOR ANY
* CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT
* OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR
* THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Which seems good to me.
Thanks,
Baruch
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