* Kern Sibbald:
> Problems of mismatched licenses apparently occur when forming and
> distributing a "mixed" binary program or when mixing different
> licenced source code in the same file and distributing it. As far
> as I know Bacula 2.4.x does not mix source code with different
> licenses in t
* MJ Ray:
> Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but please don't state it as
> fact. I believe that Debian's policy on licensing is generally to try
> to do what we think the software and licence authors intended, but to
> be fairly cautious because we don't have big money or fast lawyers and
* Luke Faraone:
> Would retitling the package "carol" or "wonderland" be sufficient to
> make the package DFSG-free?
There is ample precedent that the license is DFSG-compliant as such.
If you want to be completely sure, you could ask the copyright holder
if it is acceptable to include it in Debi
* MJ Ray:
> 3. is the licence any obstacle to meeting DFSG?
It doesn't mention the act of running the program or using it.
Or does this activity fall under "display"?
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* Anthony W. Youngman:
> Is the interpreter interpreting source or pseudocode?
Pseudocode? Do you mean compiled code or bytecode?
> Maybe I'm being dense, but in the case of something like a bash
> script, the distributor is distributing source therefore the licence
> of the interpreter is irre
In message <871vvbv5st@mid.deneb.enyo.de>, Florian Weimer
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* Anthony W. Youngman:
Is the interpreter interpreting source or pseudocode?
Pseudocode? Do you mean compiled code or bytecode?
I meant bytecode - along the lines of "basic is interpreted code, but
sometimes it's pre-pr
* Anthony W. Youngman:
>>The GPL requires more than just source code. In particular, "further
>>restrictions" are not allowed. So having source code is not
>>sufficient for compliance.
>
> Yes, but if I'm a DISTRIBUTOR, I don't have the power to change the
> licence, so if I receive source-code
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