Bug#495542: License of phpCAS : clarification needed
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 04:36:22PM +0200, Olivier Berger wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 03:31:53PM +0200, Olivier Berger wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:30:23PM +0200, Olivier Berger wrote:
> > > So, I'm proposing to package it.
> > >
> > > Bits of packaging are to be uploaded RSN in http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-cas/libcas-php/
> > >
> >
> Also, I've noticed that the licensing terms for phpCAS are a bit ambiguous...
>
> Looking at : http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CASC/phpCAS ("License" chapter) it seems to me that they refer to the "New BSD License" while still mentioning an "advertising clause" in condition 3 in the text bellow :(
>
> As such this would mean that it's using the "old style advertizing clause BSD" to me... which is DFSG-free I think, but not compatible with the GNU GPL.
>
> I'm going to look for more details, and will ask clarification with upstream author.
>
> Best regards,
>
Such a license seems DFSG free, as such advertising clauses are already present for programs like OpenSSL which is in main.
So I hope this is no problem for inclusion in Debian, as long as the domxml-php4-php5.php issue is resolved.
My 2 cents,
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