Hi, Hopefully this is the right contact for this kind of legal question. If not, can you tell me whom I should contact instead?
During the packaging process of TinyOWS for Debian the ftp-masters rejected the package because the OGC Document Notice is incompatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). [1] Because the OGC Document Notice doesn't allow modification of works under its terms, it is incompatible with DFSG#3 which requires modifications be allowed. [2] The OGC licensed files shipped with TinyOWS are the schemas and WFS CITE tests. The schemas are licensed under the terms of the OGC Software Notice according to the legalfaq. [3] And I assume that the testcases are covered by the OGC Software Notice too, although both the testcase and the schemas only ship the OGC Document Notice as their LICENSE file. The Software Notice states in the first paragraph: By obtaining, using and/or copying this work, you (the licensee) agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with the following terms and conditions. Does this mean that when the TinyOWS package is installed we must prompt the user with text of the Software Notice and the option to agree/cancel? The legalfaq states that schemas are only covered by the Software Notice as long as modified versions do not use the same namespace. This may be not fall under the DFSG#4 exceptions which allow some flexibility for restricting modifications when the requirement is a different name or version number from the original software. [4] Can you clarify under which terms the WFS CITE tests are covered, the Document Notice and/or Software Notice? Kind Regards, Bas References: [1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-grass-devel/2014-January/017300.html [2] http://www.debian.org/social_contract [3] http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/legalfaq#DTD [4] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-grass-devel/2014-January/017321.html -- GnuPG: 0xE88D4AF1 (new) / 0x77A975AD (old) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
