Bug#576936: OpenVPN Access Server is not free software
Hi,
sorry for butting in; I just noticed this in the BTS and thought I could
help out by replying.
> Did you read the information on the pricing page? They give you two, non
> expiring, keys for free so that you can have up to two clients
> simultaneously connected. You can have as many clients in the pool as you
> wish, you are just limited to the number that can connect at any one time.
> If you want more keys, they charge $10 each. So whether or not this is
> "free" software depends on your usage requirements.
The point isn't whether they charge you money; the point is that it's not
free as in freedom. It doesn't meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines, so
it'd have to go into the non-free repository, but from the looks of it
Debian couldn't legally distribute it even then.
However, seeing that the vendor provides Ubuntu packages, it shouldn't be
too hard to persuade them to repackage it for Debian as well; the required
changes are probably minimal.
Andras
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