On Thu, 13 May 2004 10:35:27 -0400 (EDT) Richard A Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2004, Andrew Saunders wrote: > > > Package: 3270 > > Version: all > > Severity: serious > > Justification: Policy 2.3 > > > > See the license terms here: > > > > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/non-free/3/3270/3270_3.3.2p1-1/copyright > --------------------------------------------^^^^^^^^^-------------- > ------------- > > > The copyright holder of the 5250 emulation code appears to have > > granted no permissions whatsoever; there is just the bare > > copyright declaration on its own. Since copyright law works on the > > basis that pretty much all rights are reserved (barring fair use > > etc) unless expressly stated otherwise, the 5250 emulation code > > and all code that could be considered to have been derived from it > > are most definitely not legally distributable by Debian. > > > > Similarly, the portions of code copyrighted by Georgia Tech > > Research Corporation are not distributable either, since the only > > right explicitly granted is that to "public use" (whatever that > > means). > > > > IMO, the 3270 packages should be removed from the archive > > immediately. > > Sigh... did you not notice from which pool this came ? Even Non-Free packages must as a minimum be legally distributable by the Project to qualify for inclusion in the archive. I'm surprised you could be a DD and yet not know this. > I'm all for constructive criticism; something I can take to upstream > - and he has done some work to improve the situation based upon > earlier conversations. However, knee-jerk responces (like this) will > be simply routed to /dev/null. If you disagree with my analysis of the situation, how about providing a coherent rebuttal as opposed to just dismissing my concerns out of hand? > If you wish to be helpful, I'll be happy to blast the copyright info > to debian-legal for further critique. If you wish to just blather, > consider this a *plonk*. Appropriate X-Debbugs-CC header added. Let's see what the -legal eagles think. -- Andrew Saunders
