Jake Appelbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > LICENCE FOR HYDRA (all version) > by van Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 1. This software comes with no warrenty or promised features. If it > works for you - fine. It just comes "AS-IS", which means as a bunch of > bits and bytes.
This may ban distribution in, for example, analog media. > 2. Anyone may use this software and pass it on to other persons or > companies as long as it is not charged for! (except for a small > transfer/medium fee) This certainly bans for-profit distribution, and probably at-cost distribution on expensive media. > 3. This tool may *NOT* be used for illegal purpose. Please check the law > which affects your doing. I will have got no liability for any damage > etc. done with this tool legally or illegaly. > > 4. If this tool is used while providing a commercial service (e.g. as > part of a penetration test) the report has to state the tools name and > version, and additionally the author (van Hauser) and the distribution > homepage (http://www.thc.org). This effectively prohibits creation of derivative works which are not report-generating penetration testers, and imposes a requirement on other works (i.e., the report). > 5. In all other respects the GPL 2.0 applies > > LICENCE.HYDRA (END) > > > The LISCENSE.GNU is the standard GPL 2.0 > > > So my questions regarding this package should be pretty obvious by this > point. > > Is this even possible to package this and hope to get it into Debian? Non in main, maybe not in non-free. > Or would this just be considered non-free? > > Should I email the upstream author and ask if he can remove those > additional restrictions to facilitate his project becoming a Debian > package? You may wish to ask him if he's using any code written by others and covered by the GPL: if so, he is violating the copyrights of those others. > Thanks in advance! > > Best, -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
