-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, James Bromberger wrote:
> >Dear Legal List, > >I have been asked to bring the licence for a package I am preparing for >unstable, which I am hoping will go into main, to this list hoping to >get a concensus that the licence is DSFG OK. > >The package is an Apache module, libapache-mod-backhand, which performs >application level load balancing of HTTP requests between Apache and >backhand enabled servers. It is written by Yair Amir and Theo Schlossnagle >at John Hopkins University. I sat in on Theo's presentation of mod-backhand >at ApacheCon Europe last October in London, and he inidcated it was >distributed under an Apache style licence; my impresion was that this would >be DFSG compatible. > >I noticed a Request For Packaging around December, and after contacting >Theo and him approving of me doing this, I set about inserting myself in the >NM queue and packaging the module. > >Ralf Treinen has raised some concern with sections 4, 5 and 6, and the >ultimate senntence in the licence, which I post here in full: > >/* ==================================================================== > * Copyright (c) 1998-1999 The Johns Hopkins University. > * All rights reserved. > * > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > * are met: > * > * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > * > * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in > * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the > * distribution. > * > * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this > * software must display the following acknowledgment: > * "This product includes software developed at The Center for > * Networking and Distributed Systems at The Johns Hopkins University > * for use in the Backhand project (http://www.cnds.jhu.edu/backhand). > * Creator: Theo Schlossnagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Guidance: Yair Amir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" GPL incompatible, DFSG free. > * 4. The names "Backhand" and "mod_backhand" must not be used to > * endorse or promote products derived from this software without > * prior written permission. For written permission, please contact > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] DFSG 4 stuff. Kind of bad, but not enough to consign it to non-free. > * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "mod_backhand" > * nor may "mod_backhand" appear in their names without prior written > * permission. For written permission, please contact > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] UUUUUUGLY! Pine license issues!!!! NON-FREE! > * 6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following > * acknowledgment: > * "This product includes software developed at The Center for > * Networking and Distributed Systems at The Johns Hopkins University > * for use in the Backhand project (http://www.cnds.jhu.edu/backhand). > * Creator: Theo Schlossnagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Guidance: Yair Amir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * All other contributors are listed in the NOTICE document provided > * with this distribution." > * > * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED > * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES > * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR > * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE GROUP OR > * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, > * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT > * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; > * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) > * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, > * STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) > * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED > * OF THE P
