Hi, KatolaZ writes:
> DR D1Rs, > > yesterday I was reviewing a new package made by Daniel Abrecht (DPA), > a little library that implements the sd_journal_* functions by > redirecting the calls to syslog. The project can be found here: > > https://git.devuan.org/DPA/sd_journal_shim > > This would allow to avoid to link against libsystemd0 if the program > wants just to use systemd logging facilities. > > I was about to move it under devuan-packages to build it for > experimental, but I noticed that the License (an almost regular > Expat/MIT license, for the rest) contained an additional clause: > > "This software shall not be used to encourage others to use the > systemd journal API, or any of it's sd_journal_* functions." > > so I immediately held my horses. My main complaint here is that this > clause makes the software non compliant with freedom 0 (the freedom to > use the software for whatever aim and task), so technically speaking > the package is not free-software, and cannot go in Devuan/main. Aside > from that, that clause makes the library GPL-incompatible, which would > undermine the good intentions of DPA. making the library practically > useless (unless the programs linking it are not GPL). As others have pointed out, send DPA a polite message pointing out that that clause makes it impossible for you to use his software in a distribution that created with the explicit aim to get rid of systemd. Politely ask if the license could be modified. You might find some people are actually sensible ;-) > In a word, I would not agree to include this package in Devuan/main, > unless that clause is removed. But just for the sake of clarity (and > because I think this can create a nasty precedent) I thought it was > good to ask here. If the clause remains, the library should stay out of Devuan/main no matter how badly you'd want to use it. Removing the offending clause or relicensing (dual licensing?) to a Free Software license is the only acceptable way to get this into Devuan/main. A MIT or BSD-3-clause license would probably be most widely compatible. > Please, please, please: let's avoid to tranform this in a flame. The > thing is that Devuan/main should include only free-software, and that > clause makes the package non-compliant with the basic freedom 0. We > would like suggestions as of whether the clause should be removed or > the package should go in Devuan/non-free (I can't see any other5B > alternative). Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
