Hi Duncan, could you please have a look on the version of DCC in sid/etch/sarge first.
The version of DCC in Debian is the latest version before upstream changed its license. See http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/d/dcc/dcc_1.2.74-2/dcc-client.copyright for details. Greetings Martin On Wednesday, 17 Aug 2005, you wrote: > Package: dcc > Severity: serious > > First (of course) IANAL. And I could be entirely wrong (I hope so). > > It is my understanding that DCC (Distributed Checksum Clearinghouses) > is not free because of patent issues. According to the license at > http://www.dcc-servers.net/dcc/dcc-tree/LICENSE: > > * This agreement is not applicable to any entity which sells anti-spam > * solutions to others or provides an anti-spam solution as part of a > * security solution sold to other entities, or to a private network > * which employs the DCC or uses data provided by operation of the DCC > * but does not provide corresponding data to other users. > > Furthermore: > > * Parties not eligible to receive a license under this agreement can > * obtain a commercial license to use DCC and permission to use > * U.S. Patent 6,330,590 by contacting Commtouch at http://www.commtouch.com/ > * or by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I imagine past versions of DCC do not have this clause in their > license; however, they probably still infringe on the patent (which I > haven't read, not do I intend on reading), and still can not be > distributed in concordance with the DFSG. > > Is this correct? Does DCC need to be removed from Debian? > > -- > Duncan Findlay > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
