On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:21:18 +0000 brian m. carlson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 11:19:42AM +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > >* Package name : libio-pager-perl > > Version : 0.05 > > Upstream Author : Jerrad Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >* URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/IO-Pager/ > >* License : other > > - Thou shalt not claim ownership of unmodified materials. > > - Thou shalt not claim whole ownership of modified materials. > > - Thou shalt grant the indemnity of the provider of materials. > > This may be a problem. I know in the past, clauses requiring > indemnification were not allowed. CCing debian-legal for discussion. > Please follow up there. > > > - Thou shalt use and dispense freely without other restrictions.
If those four "Thou shalt" sentences are the whole license text, I see other issues. There's no clear permission to distribute (DFSG#1): if "dispense" may be assumed to mean "distribute", the fourth sentence sounds like an obligation, rather than like a grant of permission. Am I *compelled* to use and distribute libio-pager-perl?!? There's no clear permission to modify and distribute modified versions (DFSG#3). Moreover, the license text does not seem to be drafted in a legally sound manner... Is this package planned to be uploaded to main or contrib? Or is it meant for the non-free archive? As usual, my disclaimers apply: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. P.S.: why are we refraining from Cc:ing the bug address? -- On some search engines, searching for my nickname AND "nano-documents" may lead you to my website... ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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