tag 653877 + moreinfo thanks On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 04:36:19PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > package: replaceit > version: 1.0.0-5 > severity: serious > > According to the replaceit LICENSE file, this software needs to abide > by the following restriction: "Redistributions are made at no charge > beyond the reasonable cost of materials and delivery." This seems to > be non-free as "reasonable" could be interpreted to mean anything; > thus selling the a Debian CD or other collection (a freedom) could > easily be restricted under this clause.
I don't believe this is the case; you quote section 1a of the license which
is an alternative to section 1b, and section 1b grants the appropriate
freedoms:
(b) Redistributions are accompanied by a copy of the Source Code or by an
irrevocable offer to provide a copy of the Source Code for up to three
years at the cost of materials and delivery. Such redistributions
must allow further use, modification, and redistribution of the Source
Code under substantially the same terms as this license. For the
purposes of redistribution "Source Code" means the complete compilable
and linkable source code of ReplaceIt including all modifications.
(we redistribute with source included and under the same license terms)
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