Am Freitag, den 09.12.2016, 14:08 +0100 schrieb Markus Frosch: > Hey legal people, > The DRBD upstream switched the license for one of their components > "drbdmanage" from GPL to a special license (non-standard). > > I'm thinking about it would fit DFSG. > > Disclaimer: The software in particular is not available in Debian > currently. > > License Name: DRBD MANAGE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT > Full Text: [1] (also attached) > > The license itself seems to be shaped around DFSG and other OSS > licenses. > > Linbit even states in their FAQ [2] that: > > > Is DRBD Manage open source software? > > > > Yes, the license meets OSI’s Open Source Definition, it conforms > > to Debian’s > > social contract, it conforms to Ubuntu’s licensing policy and it is > > within > > Launchpad’s licensing conditions.
Oouch. Can we ask them to stop claiming that, at least the Debian part? IANAL but is the usage of "Debian" here also a trademark violation, according to https://www.debian.org/trademark "You can NEVER use" §1 section? (CC'ing the trademark team) > I, myself, would consider the license non-free in terms of DFSG, due > to this paragraph: Not only this paragaph, I saw more WTFs among them... (e.g. if you make modifications you have to waive all rights, even your copyright -> §3.3..) > > 3.4) Without prior written consent of LICENSOR or an authorized > > partner, > > LICENSEE is not allowed to: > > [...] > > b) provide commercial turn-key solutions based on the LICENSED > > SOFTWARE or > > commercial services for the LICENSED SOFTWARE or its > > modifications to any > > third party (e.g. software support or trainings). > > What's your opinion about that clause? > Regards > Markus Frosch > > [1] http://git.linbit.com/drbdmanage.git/blob/HEAD:/COPYING > [2] https://www.linbit.com/en/drbd-manage-faq/ > -- tobi
