On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:30:36 +0100 Sam Geeraerts <[email protected]> wrote:
> A.J. Venter schreef: > >> * The Google Chrome EULA makes reference to various features that > >> would be odious to free software users: the browser automatically > >> updates itself without warning the user or allowing them to > >> intervene. It also automatically downloads a blacklist of > >> extensions from Google; if the user has installed extensions on > >> that blacklist, they will automatically be uninstalled. I'm > >> guessing these features aren't in Google Chromium -- again, either > >> by being absent from the source code or not included in a default > >> build. > > The EULA is utterly non-free. The google-code for chromium is BSD > > licensed and fully free as far as I can ascertain - as are all the > > third-party components that are actually used, however it also has > > Omar said that the EULA doesn't apply to Chromium, so no problem > there. I'm not sure that all third party software licenses are free, > though. The list of software [1] says that bsdiff and bspatch fall > under the "BSD Protection License" [2]. Clause 3c says: > > "The license under which the derivative work is distributed must > expressly prohibit the distribution of further derivative works." > > So if I understand correctly this means that any derivatives would > have to fall under a non-free license. I would have thought that this > is also not DFSG-compliant, but package python-bsdiff is available in > main [3] (and in Ubuntu universe). I'm not sure where bspatch comes > from. http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/b/bsdiff/current/copyright Lists the licence as 'bsd'. This may need a bug report. > [1] http://code.google.com/intl/en/chromium/terms.html > [2] http://python.net/crew/atuining/cx_bsdiff/LICENSE.txt > [3] http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-bsdiff -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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