Hi, Thanks for all the helpful replies. On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 05:49:17PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: > Hi Hussain, > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 04:18:38PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: > > Hi, > > I have an ITP for a program (gdis, which is GPL) which requires another > > program (babel) whose license is a bit vague, at least to me. > > > I intend to create binary for babel from the babel source in a sub > > directory of my package. > > Why don't you package babel in an extra *.deb and you gdis in another > one? Is there any special reason for the merging you intend? >
Just convenience and because babel is very specialized and (?) unlikely to be of interest in itself. But maybe two .debs is the best way to proceed. > > > The license for babel is: > > > > > > This software is provided on an "as is" basis, and without warranty of > > any kind, including but not limited to any implied warranty of > > merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. > > > > In no event shall the authors or the University of Arizona be liable for > > any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages > > arising from use or distribution of this software. The University of Arizona > > also shall not be liable for any claim against any user of this program by > > any third party. > > > > (That's it!) > > > First of all, IANDD and IANAL, but here we go anyway... > > > My questions are: > > > > 1) Is the above license OK for Debian? > > It cannot go into main, because it doesn't explicitely allow > modification (among others)... It can't go into contrib either, for the > same reason. > > And, yes, the license is really quite vague... > That's all I could find: it's in the source tarball and other info about babel gives no real license such as BSD etc. > It doesn't even explicitely allow redistribution, so it probably cannot > go into non-free either (?) > > IT says "[...] use or distribution of this software." > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I doubt that this is an explicit permission to distribute the software, > but I'm not sure, here. > > > > 2) If so, is it OK to go ahead if I do not get a reply from the authors? > > Depends. If you put it into non-free it's OK, I guess... > (Only if it's allowed to go into non-free, of course) > > > > 3) The new gdis package also depends on the Debian povray package, which is > > in non-free: I assume that my gdis package will therefore also have to go > > in non-free? > > If your package could otherwise go into main, but depends on something > in non-free or in contrib, your package must go into contrib... > > > > (CC'ed debian-devel, that's where it belongs to...) > > HTH, Uwe. > -- > :---------------- Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------: > | http://htsserver.sourceforge.net -- Holsham Traders | > | http://unmaintained.sourceforge.net -- Unmaintained Free Software | > :-------------------- http://www.hermann-uwe.de --------------- :wq -: > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
