It's the classic BSD advertising clause, which RMS (and many others) have deemed to be incompatible with the GPL, but it shouldn't have gone into non-free for that: the 4-clause BSDL was still DFSG free, there were just issues with the BSDL and the GPL (which have since been resolved by the 3 clause BSDL).
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Luca Filipozzi wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not subscribed, so I'd appreciate CC's. If you prefer that I subscribe, > let me know. > > I am thinking of using SRP (Secure Remote Password protocol) for the DDT > (Dynamic DNS Tools) projectk, which is developed by Debian developers and > packaged for Debian as ddt-client and ddt-server. SRP has an interesting > set of clauses in addition to the standard BSD stuff: > > * 1. Any software that incorporates the SRP authentication technology > * must display the following acknowlegment: > * "This product uses the 'Secure Remote Password' cryptographic > * authentication system developed by Tom Wu ([EMAIL PROTECTED])." > * > * 2. Any software that incorporates all or part of the SRP distribution > * itself must also display the following acknowledgment: > * "This product includes software developed by Tom Wu and Eugene > * Jhong for the SRP Distribution (http://srp.stanford.edu/srp/)." > > Annoying as these are, I can't see how they violate the DFSG. I'd like > confirmation of this. > > Your help is very much appreciated, > > Luca > > -- Customer: "I'm running Windows '98" Tech: "Yes." Customer: "My computer isn't working now." Tech: "Yes, you said that." Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
