Benoît, i've received a message from upstream, telling that the application is totally free, without any restriction for modification or redistribution. in the fact, i insert message text in the copyright file.
Please take a look 2011/8/4 Benoît Knecht <[email protected]> > Benoît Knecht wrote: > > mezgani ali wrote: > > > Sorry, the upload of the package failed but, if you check the new > sources > > > now, you'll find that the copyright is changed and i've joined the text > mail > > > of new license, from upstream author. > > > > Upstream doesn't seem to understand that their "freeware" license is not > > free: it doesn't give you the right to modify the software and to > > redistribute modified versions of the software. If they want something > > less restrictive than the GPL, they should use a 3-clause BSD or Expat > > license. > > Oh and they should also provide a copy of the GPL along with the source > code, as required by the GPL itself. > > -- > Benoît Knecht > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- Ali MEZGANI *N*etwork *E*ngineering/*S*ecurity http://www.nativelabs.org/
