Package: linuxsampler
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream
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See this -legal thread, 
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/09/msg00268.html

Either upstream needs to be contacted to rectify the situation, or the
package needs to be removed.

> The problem is that the README in linuxsampler says the following
> thing:
> 
> "This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License
> (see
> COPYING file), and may not be used in commercial applications
> without
> asking the authors for permission."
The part after the comma makes it DFSG nonfree, because it is
inconsistent with [0]:

| 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
| 
| The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program
in
| a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the
| program from being used in a business


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