custom license (package: bwctl)

2012-02-03 Thread Raoul Borenius
Dear debian-legal readers, upstream (http://www.internet2.edu/performance/bwctl/license.html) provides the following custom license in their software that I'd like to see in Debian: Redistribution and use in source

Re: custom license (package: bwctl)

2012-02-03 Thread Clark C. Evans
Raoul, This looks like a non-symmetric copyleft-like attempt: then you thereby grant Internet2, its contributors, and its members for that reason, I don't think it's free Clark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: custom license (package: bwctl)

2012-02-03 Thread Walter Landry
Clark C. Evans c...@clarkevans.com wrote: Raoul, This looks like a non-symmetric copyleft-like attempt: then you thereby grant Internet2, its contributors, and its members for that reason, I don't think it's free I am not so sure. It is not required to give them back the changes. It is

Re: custom license (package: bwctl)

2012-02-03 Thread Clark C. Evans
I am not so sure. It is not required to give them back the changes. Although you are not required to provide them your enhancements, you are required to provide Internet2 licensing rights that are not granted to others should you wish to make the source code for your derivative work generally

Re: custom license (package: bwctl)

2012-02-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:56:47 -0800 (PST) Walter Landry wrote: Clark C. Evans c...@clarkevans.com wrote: Raoul, This looks like a non-symmetric copyleft-like attempt: then you thereby grant Internet2, its contributors, and its members for that reason, I don't think it's free I

Re: custom license (package: bwctl)

2012-02-03 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 05:16:26PM +0100, Raoul Borenius a écrit : You are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any enhancements to Internet2, or its contributors. If you choose to provide your enhancements, or if you choose to otherwise publish or distribute your enhancement, in