On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Jaromír Mikeš <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > upstream thinking to release under CC-BY-ND > He would like to have control over derived work. > Is CC-BY-ND license debian friendly? I mean is fine for debian "main"? >
Thank you for looking to make software available in Debian. I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that strictly speaking, even packaging something under CC-BY-ND for Debian may be against the licence. Under the CC-BY-ND licence, it may be that Debian could be considered a "Collective Work", but this seems a little risky. The relevant parts of the Debian Free Software Guidelines[1] are items 3 and 4. I am fairly sure it could not go into main, and I think it is doubtful even for non-free (due to the restriction on derived works). If upstream is keen to have it in major distributions, then maybe a different licence is more appropriate[2]. Hope that helps, Joe [1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines [2] https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJuBS=x+ehxbxg34p9gvooo8ed12+5tha9pmeoqiovaou4t...@mail.gmail.com
