This topic has been beat to death and is the cause for most of the devs bailing throughout the life of the project (legal concerns). There are a couple old articles on /. that should cover all the arguments (in the comments)...but I'm sure you'll find them all over. here's one:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/31/1259206&mode=nested&tid=120&tid=126&tid=187&tid=95 On 5/18/05, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > (Sorry for just intejecting into the discussion like this, but....) > > From what I understand of the history of WASTE. At one time, NullSoft did > infact release WASTE under the GPL. However, AOL (NullSoft's parent > company) didn't like this, and that message on NullSoft's website is because > of that. (And thus, it was origianlly authorized by NullSoft, but not > authorized by AOL.) > > Now, from what I understand, once you release something under the GPL, you > cannot un-release it. And if that is the case, then this software is "OK". > > > See ya > > > See ya > > > On 5/18/05, Mirco Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 14:20 +0200, Romain Beauxis wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > > > I'm on the way of making a debian package for Waste, and I would have > the > > > folowing two questions about your software: > > > > > > Does the licence really reflect GPL? > > > This arise because of this: > > > > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/waste/waste/license.cpp?rev=1.1&view=auto > > > "WASTE - license.cpp > > > Copyright (C) 2003 Nullsoft, Inc. > > > Copyright (C) 2004 WASTE Development Team" > > > -> What does Nullsoft have to do with Waste? > > > > > > And also this: > > > "//ADDED Md5Chap - THIS PART IS GPL LICENSE!!! TOUCH AND DIE!" > > > Followed by a full binary array. > > > ... > > > > > > > I googled for WASTE I found this: > > http://www.nullsoft.com/free/waste/ > > According to Nullsoft this is UNAUTHORIZED SOFTWARE and is not allowed > > to be distributed! > > Please delete all source and package copies you may have and do not let > > it enter debian! > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Mirco 'meebey' Bauer > > > > PGP-Key: > > > http://keyserver.noreply.org/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xEEF946C8 > > > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > Version: 3.12 > > GIT d s-:+ a-- C++ UL++++$ P L++$>+++$ E- W+++$ N o? K- w++>! O---- M- > > V? PS > > PE+ Y- PGP++ t 5+ X++ R tv+ b+ DI? D+ G>++ e h! r->++ y? > > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > > > > > BodyID:12667657.2.n.logpart (stored separately) > > > > > > > > -- > Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. > > charles @ reptile.ca > supercanadian @ gmail.com > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Wikibooks, Free Open-Content Books http://wikibooks.org/ >
