Re: CECILL license status?
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:32:37PM +0200, Achim Bohnet wrote: Hi, news about CECILL's DSFG status? As far as i understood, CECILL can be transformed into the GPL, so it is DFSG free by default. This seemed to be the concensus about this here last time it was discussed. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CECILL license status?
* Sven Luther: On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:32:37PM +0200, Achim Bohnet wrote: Hi, news about CECILL's DSFG status? As far as i understood, CECILL can be transformed into the GPL, so it is DFSG free by default. This is my interpretation as well. This seemed to be the concensus about this here last time it was discussed. There was this follow-up Achim quoted, which might have confused him. I don't understand it either. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CECILL license status?
On Tuesday 16 August 2005 09:18, Florian Weimer wrote: * Sven Luther: On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:32:37PM +0200, Achim Bohnet wrote: Hi, news about CECILL's DSFG status? As far as i understood, CECILL can be transformed into the GPL, so it is DFSG free by default. This is my interpretation as well. Hi Sven, Florian, Thx for the info! Achim This seemed to be the concensus about this here last time it was discussed. There was this follow-up Achim quoted, which might have confused him. I don't understand it either. -- To me vi is Zen. To use vi is to practice zen. Every command is a koan. Profound to the user, unintelligible to the uninitiated. You discover truth everytime you use it. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#323533: DCC is non-free
Package: dcc Severity: serious First (of course) IANAL. And I could be entirely wrong (I hope so). It is my understanding that DCC (Distributed Checksum Clearinghouses) is not free because of patent issues. According to the license at http://www.dcc-servers.net/dcc/dcc-tree/LICENSE: * This agreement is not applicable to any entity which sells anti-spam * solutions to others or provides an anti-spam solution as part of a * security solution sold to other entities, or to a private network * which employs the DCC or uses data provided by operation of the DCC * but does not provide corresponding data to other users. Furthermore: * Parties not eligible to receive a license under this agreement can * obtain a commercial license to use DCC and permission to use * U.S. Patent 6,330,590 by contacting Commtouch at http://www.commtouch.com/ * or by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I imagine past versions of DCC do not have this clause in their license; however, they probably still infringe on the patent (which I haven't read, not do I intend on reading), and still can not be distributed in concordance with the DFSG. Is this correct? Does DCC need to be removed from Debian? -- Duncan Findlay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
