On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 10:56:45 +0100 KatolaZ <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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). > > 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. > > 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). I see exactly why he wrote that clause into his license, I see his point, I might have done it myself, but I agree he just made it nonfree. I agree with you that it doesn't belong in Devuan with the license the way it is. I wonder what would happen if you wrote the author and told him how that clause kept his software from solving a real Devuan problem. Maybe, just maybe, he'd remove the clause. SteveT Steve Litt July 2017 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
