On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 11:35:18AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 09/04/12 10:41, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 09:07:49PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've recently filed an RFS for reSIProcate > >> > >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/04/msg00168.html > > > > I didn't yet try to build it, but at first glance the packaging looks > > good. > > > > One minor nit: The license is a 4-cluase BSD-like license. Is this > > intended to be a used as a library? Clause (3) from the license makes it > > *GPL incompatible. Any hope of fixing that? > > I believe you are referring to this clause: > > "3. The names "VOCAL", "Vovida Open Communication Application Library", > and "Vovida Open Communication Application Library (VOCAL)" must > not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this > software without prior written permission. For written > permission, please contact vo...@vovida.org."
Sorry, my mistake. I see that Clause (4) was added (regarding the usage of the name VOCAL). So no advertisement cluase there. > > http://www.resiprocate.org/License > > Here is some background info about VOCAL: > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/VOCAL > > I'm not sure if Vovida or VOCAL still exists in some formal sense, and > if so, I don't know whether the clause is still valid or even relevant > > reSIProcate broke away from SIPfoundry and some of the other projects > some years ago too, so it is quite independent > > Can you comment more on the relationship of this clause with the GPL? > > Does it just prevent linking with *GPL apps, or does it prevent > inclusion in Debian outright? As it is now, could it go in contrib or > non-free rather than main? Even if there were any issue with linking with GPL programs, this certianly wouldn't have kept it from main (see e.g. openssl and apache). -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120410113435.gp5...@xorcom.com
