Bug#511613: ITA: libpam-pwgen -- a password generator
debian-legal opinions are in the thread starting at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/02/msg00002.html
In summary: it contains typical mistakes, grants insufficient
permission to redistribute, grants insufficient permission to
redistribute modified versions (binaries), gives no indication under
what license terms the sharing must be done, doesn't specify which
“others” qualify, is postcardware-like, effectively terminates on the
death of the licensor and doesn't specify who are “all the other
pioneers”.
Thank you for taking on this task. Please ask upstream to choose one
of the common DFSG-free licenses.
Summarised from the emails by Paul Wise, Mark Weyer, Ben Finney and
myself.
Hope that helps,
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