Hello, I am replying to a message from some time ago. This is the original thread: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00797.html
>On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 10:09:52AM +0200, Remco Seesink wrote: >> Copyright: >> >> This JSRS stuff was written by me. I find it useful. Others find it >> useful. >> You are welcome to use it, modify it to suit your needs, distribute it as >> you >> see fit. I'm happy if you use it for personal stuff or for commercial gain. >> >> The only thing you can't do is to restrict anyone else from using it however >> they see fit. You may not copyright it yourself or change the rules I have > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> set on how it can be used. > >With this exception of the one part I marked, this license appears >DFSG-free and GPL-compatible. > >With that part, it is neither. It appears to deny me the right to >assert copyright in any derived works I may create. I think this is a >regular bug in the wording of the license, caused by letting a >non-lawyer write a license, and should be easily corrected. > >-- > .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield > : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | > `. `' | > `- -><- | The author of JSRS preferred to keep his license and the author of ibwebadmin agreed to a linking exception. My mistake was that I forgot the above mentioned issue about not being DFSG-free. I tried contacting him after twice now for a while, but got no response anymore. The GPL incompatible part is solved by the linking exception. I read the DFSG three times and I can't find the part which states that derived work must go to the creator of that work. Should this be the reason the software can't go into debian? Is there a way around it? Is this the only way to interpret it? What about the rest of the text? Cheers, Remco. P.S. I am not on the list. CC welcome.
