Sorry if this falls out of thread. My subscription to d-l hasn't come through for some reason, so I'm copying from the ML archive.
> * To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org > * Subject: Re: TiffIO license agreement > * From: MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Date: Thu 01 Dec 2005 09:17:17 +0000 > * Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Old-return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * > > Oleksandr Moskalenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > TiffIO is covered by a non-standard license full text of which is > > listed below. My analysis of the license has shown that I can easily bundle= > > it > > with lprof as by the clause 5.3.4. COMPATIBILITY WITH THE GPL LICENSE it wi= > > ll > > be covered by GPL in that case. However, if I want to package it separately= > > as > > a standalone library it seems to be non DFSG-free due to the choice of venue > [...] > > Argh, it's CeCILL, a French sub-GPL. I think it's been discussed here before, > but I didn't find any conclusion to it yet. I don't think 4.2 is unclear but > I'm uncomfortable with 13. The GPL upgrade is a nice way to avoid the > questions and uncertainty: license your debian/ directory under the GPL, > which I think enables the upgrade. > > -- > MJR/slef > My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ > Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct Thank you MJ. I really like the GPL-ed "debian/" directory exit path, so I intend to take it. Also thanks to Joe Smith for his comments! Regards, Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
