Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 08:12:28PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: >> It's been allowed mostly because they don't really enforce it. For >> instance, Debian's modified version of Apache, which is a derived work, >> has >> "apache" in its name. Furthermore, they've stated that they don't intend >> to enforce it strictly, and it's not present in the new license. >> >> I certainly wouldn't accept this clause in a license without additional >> assurances from the copyright holder. We said as much to X-Oz. > > libssl-dev/copyright: * nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without > prior written
Eeeew. Well, isn't OpenSSL well on its way to being replaced by GnuTLS in Debian anyway? > apache-utils/copyright: nor may "mod_ssl" appear in their names > without prior Ewww.... > php4/copyright: may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written Ow. Debian is clearly violating the PHP4 licence unless capital letters vs. small letters are significant. Better contact the copyright holders. > permission subversion/copyright:nor may "Tigris" appear in their names > without prior written Perhaps Tigris could be contacted? Interestingly, Debian is actually *complying* with this license, unlike the others, since "Subversion" isn't named "Tigris". > and a particularly evil one, > > sudo/copyright: may "Sudo" appear in their names without specific > prior written Again, unless capitalization is significant, Debian is violating the terms of this license. Someone (not me) should contact the copyright holder. Thanks for pointing these out. -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.
