On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 08:03:46AM +0300, Harri Järvi wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 16:26:15 +0200, Göran Weinholt wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:54:35PM +0300, Harri Järvi wrote: > > > > In addition there's a conflict between linuxsampler's aim to be an > > > opensource software, and the license used. Restricting commercial use > > > makes the software nonopensource by OSI definition and nonfree by Free > > > Software Foundation's Free Software definition. > > > > I think upstream only meant to make it clear to developers of > > proprietary software that they need to ask for a special license if > > they don't want to follow the GPL. > > I wish it was so, but this is written on the project home page > at <http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html>: > > "License > > LinuxSampler is licensed under the GNU GPL license with the exception > that COMMERCIAL USE of the souce code, libraries and applications is > NOT ALLOWED without prior written permission by the LinuxSampler > authors. If you have questions on the subject please contact us."
That is indeed non-free and fails DFSG #6, the package cannot be in main, but could be in non-free maybe. Friendly, Sven Luther
