Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Walter Landry wrote: > > Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 04:21:31PM +0200, Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL > >> PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> Whats debian-legals position about the MPL? > >>> Looking at google I see a lot of "Summary - non-free" and "Not really > >>> non-free" mails. > >> It is indeed non-free. > > > > It is, in fact, not distributable as an executable by Debian. It > > requires keeping the source around for every binary for at least six > > months. > > > > It also has problems with choice of venue. > > If MPL is cast on stone as non-distributable, I guess I must take the > necessary steps to get firebird2 out of the archive? > > firebird2 uses Interbase Public License 1.0 and Initial Developer > Public License (1.0), both of which are MPL-based with "Mozilla > Foundation" replaced with "Borland" and "Initial developer" > respectively. Both IPL and IDPL have source of venue clauses and > requirement to keep source available for some fixed period of time.
Assuming that the Debian mirrors are ok with choice of venue clauses, an alternative is to have a firebird2-src package like qmail-src. I don't know how hard that is. Cheers, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
