On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:18:57 +0100 Joachim Wiedorn wrote: > Hello,
Hi! > > > I want to overtake the package d4x, [...] > But now I have seen, that this package is not fully licensed under the > Artistic license 1.0 (as everybody would thought), but each source file > have the following header: > > /* WebDownloader for X-Window > * > * Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Koshelev Maxim > * This Program is free but not GPL!!! You can't modify it > * without agreement with author. You can't distribute modified > * program but you can distribute unmodified program. > * > * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > */ > > Now I ask me if this package agree with the DFSG ? I would say that this license grant trivially fails to meet DFSG#3 ... > > Today I have tried to contact the old developer = author with his old > email adress, but I think I get no answer. > > What can I do, if the author doesn't answer? Is there a way? It is my understanding that very little (if not nothing at all) can be done to make a non-free work become DFSG-free, when you cannot track down the copyright holder(s) and get in touch with them... :-( -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook scripts? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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