Ryan Finnie wrote: > Walter, > > Thank you for your comments (everybody else too). Sorry for not > following up sooner; please see question below. > > On 9/27/06, Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Ryan Finnie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked for help with: >> > > (c) You must make Source Code of all Your Deployed Modifications >> > > publicly available under the terms of this License, including the >> > > license grants set forth in Section 3 below, for as long as you >> > > Deploy the Covered Code or twelve (12) months from the date of >> > > initial Deployment, whichever is longer. You should preferably >> > > distribute the Source Code of Your Deployed Modifications >> > > electronically (e.g. download from a web site); and >> > >> > This looks like forced *public* availability and a 12-month retainer, >> > which I think is both a significant cost (so not free redistribution) >> > and maybe a practical problem. >> >> If you need to make any modifications, then with this clause, I don't >> think that it can even be uploaded to non-free. Debian does not >> insure that every version ever distributed will be available for 12 >> months. > > How does this differ for the GPL's section 3(b) three-year clause?
Debian doesn't distribute under 3(b), it distributes under 3(a). > At this point, the feeling seems to be that software that uses this > license cannot even be uploaded to non-free. Yes. :-( > If that is the case, I > will make an effort to contact LinuxMagic and ask them if they can > re-license magic-smtpd under the GPL (it looks like some of their > other software is GPL-licensed), and/or ask them to contact > debian-legal to discuss what can be done to make it possible to > include magic-smtpd with Debian. > > Again, thanks for the input. > > Ryan Finnie -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it. So why isn't he in prison yet?... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
