On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 10:18:39AM +0200, Andreas Stieger wrote:
> Subject: slrn non-free license issue
> Package: slrn
> Version: 1.0.3a-1
>
> The slrn sources contain a file with a non-free license with
> slrn-1.0.3/src/vms.c:
>
> > Copyright : (c) Copyright 1991-95 by Iain Lea & Andrew Greer
> > You may freely copy or redistribute this software,
> > so long as there is no profit made from its use, sale
> > trade or reproduction. You may not change this copy-
> > right notice, and it must be included in any copy made
>
> This file is only used when building on VMS and can be removed from the
> tarball.
> The sources are non-free nevertheless due the the non-commercial
> restriction.
>
>
>
> In addition, slrn-1.0.3/src/help.c refers to a non-free license.
> It is printed only VMS where SLRN_USE_SLTCP is 1:
>
> > This software is Copyright 1991 by Stan Barber.
> >
> > Permission is hereby granted to copy, reproduce, redistribute or otherwise
> > use this software as long as: there is no monetary profit gained
> > specifically from the use or reproduction or this software, it is not
> > sold, rented, traded or otherwise marketed, and this copyright notice is
> > included prominently in any copy made.
>
> It applies to slrn-1.0.3/src/clientlib.{c,h}, which have already been
> cleared
> from the upstream tarball:
>
> > #error This file has been removed from the slrn source tarball because its
> > #error license is more restrictive than the one of slrn itself.
> >
> > #error If you want to compile slrn for VMS and need this file, please
> get it
> > #error from http://slrn.sourceforge.net/data/clientlib.tar.gz
>
> The help output may be cleared:
> sed '/^#if ! SLRN_USE_SLTCP$/,/^#endif$/d'
Hi Andreas,
Thanks for the report.
I'm adding John to CC; can you remove src/vms.c in git as it was already
done for clientlib.*?
Cheers,
Moritz
