Hi, I would like to package z-push in Debian. It seems to me that it's ok to ship it in Debian, but I'm not sure if it's ok to keep the upstream name z-push, due to some addition to the AGPL license.
Here's home pages for z-push: http://z-push.sourceforge.net/soswp/index.php?pages_id=39&t=Download https://community.zarafa.com/pg/plugins/project/5/developer/sebastian/zpush Here's how it reads: However, if you propagate an unmodified version of the Program you are allowed to use the term "Z-Push" to indicate that you distribute the Program. Furthermore you may use our trademarks where it is necessary to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service provided you use it in accordance with honest practices in industrial or commercial matters. If you want to propagate modified versions of the Program under the name "Z-Push", you may only do so if you have a written permission by Zarafa Deutschland GmbH (to acquire a permission please contact Zarafa at [email protected]). Any legal advice would be welcome. I have Cc: the upstream author called Sebastian. Sebastian, your addition to the AGPL license may be in direct conflict with a major rule in debian. Namely, point 1 of the DFSG, as seen here: http://www.debian.org/social_contract Your addition may well render your package not redistributable in Debian under the name z-push. I'm not 100% sure yet, it might be ok to redistribute it as long as your original source code stays unmodified in the source package. Anyway, what is for sure, is that it makes it more difficult than a normal, unmodified, AGPL license. Would you consider removing such AGPL "add-on"? I don't think it's needed to protect your trademark. Look at the BSD-3-clause license, for a good example of clauses doing so. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
