Ben, thank you for your comments: >> * License : Custom, open-source, I have written permission to >> package, >> non-free since author is concerned about it >> being used to make > commercial games and thus puts some extra >> requirements in the license. Some of the >> user-generated content that >> is included with the package also has >> non-commercial clauses.Benn, Thank you for your comments: > > This is incoherent. If the license terms restrict commercial > redistribution, then the work is not open source (nor is it DFSG-free).
I'm sorry I was not precise with my language. My previous experience is with GNOME, so I'm still learning the importance of being precise, and which words to use. The legal issues have been discussed on the debian-legal mailing list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/10/msg00015.html The license does not explicitly bar commercial use nor restricts any endeavour, it just is a non-standard "license." That is why I believe it should be non-free, since it isn't clear if they intend this to be DFSG-free nor have they explicitly said it in their license. I hope that inclusion in the non-free repository would let them see the benefits of adopting a more standard license that fits their needs to eventually get this into main in later releases. > > Also, if *you* have written permission from the copyright holder to > redistribute, be aware that this is effectively part of your license > terms and needs to be documented verbatim in the package ‘copyright’. > You'll also need to check whether it passes DFSG §8. > Thanks for the feedback, I will add the email correspondence to the debian/copyright. To quote their email in response to my asking for permission to package and distribute their software with Debian and to be available as an open source project, they responded, "You have my permission, blessing and support." (There is more too it, which I will include in the copyright file). In fact, part of the reason they want it in Debian is so that it would be redistributed into Edubuntu with the same rights. Regards, Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
