Scripsit Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm not sure if it's license (
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=293346 ) can be considered
> free enough to be in main:
[...]
> ii) When modifications to the Software are released under this license, a
> non-exclusive royalty-free right is granted to the initial
> developer of the Software to distribute your modification in future versions
> of the Software provided such versions remain available under
> these terms in addition to any other license(s) of the initial developer.
This is controversial at best.
> iii) You are not permitted to change the ECW file format.
This, however, directly kills DFSG-freedom as well as GPL compatibility.
If the library is actually linked with GPL code, as the authors seem
to expect, the entire think becomes legally undistributable even in
non-free.
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