On Thursday 27 March 2014 17:12:25 Guido Berhoerster wrote: > * Sascha Peilicke <[email protected]> [2014-03-27 16:18]: > > I'm maintaining bittorrent sync in the "network" OBS project currently. > > However, due to unclear licensing term and it being a binary-only tool, > > it's unlikely to enter Factory. So I'm wondering which of the Pacman > > repos (Essentials & co) would be best suited to host it instead. > > The included license refers to > http://www.bittorrent.com/legal/terms-of-use which states in > section 4a: > > Any copying or redistribution of the Software is prohibited, > including any copying or redistribution of the Software to > any other server or location, redistribution or use on a > service bureau basis. > > So it looks like it cannot be legally hosted on either OBS or > Packman.
As far as it is understood by most people, this license only apply to the bittorrent client itself, not sync. -- With kind regards, Sascha Peilicke SUSE Linux GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
