From: David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: is the license of gsview okay? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:05:23 -0600
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 10:18:45AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > > I am interested in gsview which is famous in Windows users > > and a kind of ghostview or gv. But I am not sure if its license > > permits us to upload to Debian or not. > > Why do you want to package it? It's not like it fills a need that > can't be filled with free software. Well, it might be not so important but I guess that many users of Windows now come and begin to use Linux so if they find the same applications in Linux as in Windows they might feel happy. > > pstoedit is Copyright by Wolfgang Glunz and is licensed with > > the GNU Public Licence (GPL). Binaries are included in > > GSview with the permission of Wolfgang Glunz. > > Fine. (GPL is fine as long as it's not linked with non-GPL. This > is a seperate binary, so it's all right.) I am not sure yet but pstoedit might be NOT a separate binary, at least, in case Linux/UNIX version. I will check it later. > > (3) The Software may not be transferred to any third party > > unless such third party receives a copy of this Agreement and agrees > > to be bound by all of its terms and conditions. > > This is the only part that seems non-free. If I read this right, it's > a restriction on distribution Debian can't satisfy even in non-free; we > would have to make sure anyone we distributed to agreed before we gave > them a copy. Then, at installation with preinst, one can ask a user if you agree all terms and conditions of pstotext's license? and if a user selects 'Yes' then install gsview otherwise aborts to install. But this seems to be insufficient... Thanks for your clarification and I will welcome any comments and/or suggestions. Regards, -- Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian Atsuhito Kohda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.
