Martin Millnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > 7. no permission is granted to distribute, publicly display, or publicly > perform modifications to the Distribution made using proprietary materials > that cannot be released in source format under conditions of this license; [...] > Section 7 seems suspicious.
Is this saying (amongst other things) that someone cannot use any incompatibly-licensed compiler to produce binaries of it? After all, that compiler would be materials that cannot be released in source format under conditions of this licence. If so, how does that not break DFSG 9 by contaminating other software? In practical terms, we are compiling lft with gcc http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?&pkg=lft&ver=2.0-1&arch=ia64&stamp=1045692069&file=log and gcc is under the GPL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html which cannot be released in source format under MainNerve Public License. Why are the lft binary packages distributable? There is a slightly different licence at http://pwhois.org/license.who but this part has not changed. Hope that helps, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
