Op wo 05-03-2003, om 18:55 schreef Branden Robinson: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:46:49PM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote: > > I am looking into the license of the Xbae widget set, see > > http://xbae.sourceforge.net > > Mr. Stakenborg, are you subscribed to debian-legal? >
Yes I am. I have just browsed through all the mails and was about to reply to some of them. > You've received several replies, and I think everyone who has replied is > pretty much on the same page; the license is worded the same as other > DFSG-free licenses in use, but to avoid a University of Washington > situation, it would be wise to get clarification from the copyright > holder on one ambiguous construction. > I will try to get some clarification on the Xbae mailing list. To be safe, I will ask about: - Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this material for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted. and: - the name of any author not be used in advertising or publicity > However, given that existing precedent holds that this license is worded > and interpreted by licensors in a DFSG-free manner, I would say it's > safe to upload to main until and unless the copyright holder elects to > apply an uncommon interpretation of the license terms. If that turns > out to be the case, the package could be moved to the non-free section. > I have not packaged it yet. It compiled fine on debian/unstable however and it should be an easy job, since they use autoconf/automake. At the moment I am unsure if I will package it if turns out to be non-free. > Please see: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200303/msg00134.html Thanks for your interest and replies, regards, Joop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
