Hi,
Fabrice BAUZAC wrote:
> FYI there is also a thread "nmap is non-free software" in:
>
> https://lists.defectivebydesign.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2021-01/threads.html
>
> Apparently [1] the nmap author is listening to complaints and will
> change license terms:
Yep, there is a
FYI there is also a thread "nmap is non-free software" in:
https://lists.defectivebydesign.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2021-01/threads.html
Apparently [1] the nmap author is listening to complaints and will
change license terms:
[...] I understand how the current license wording
FWIW, Fedora has just ruled out nmap:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-annou...@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/GZIDC4DHXZP67LFU7P2OT2AQVDJRHZ2M/
Re: Vincent Lefevre
> Yes, it is there, even in Debian/stable (buster), e.g. in
> scan_engine.cc:
Thanks.
> * o Reads or includes copyrighted data files, such as Nmap's nmap-os-db *
> * or nmap-service-probes. *
> *
On 2020-11-07 18:00:04 +0100, Christoph Berg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> while the above excerpt is only the explanation of the license, and
> not the license itself, I think it is absolutely clear that including
> nmap in anything and selling it as a product is prohibited (even if
> the source is
Re: Hilko Bengen
> While I agree that the license is problematic, this is not entirely new.
> Even back in version 5 there was very similar bizarre language (in
> main.cc) about somebody's opinions on how the well-established term
> "derivative work" is supposed to include merely running a program
control: severity -1 normal
Hi Göran,
thanks for your bug report. I think that the issue is less serious than
it seems at first glance (see below). At the moment, I'm inclined to
update debian/copyright (which must be done anyway), close the issue,
and be done with this.
The alternatives would
Package: nmap
Version: 7.91+dfsg1-1
Severity: serious
Justification: DFSG
(Please downgrade or close if I'm wrong about this. I saw on
guix-devel that nmap has a new license and they believe it's non-free,
which I agree with, but I'm no expert, and I'm just filing this bug to
have more eyes on
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