Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-09-03 Thread Fedor Zuev
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Jeremy Hankins wrote: Jakob Bohm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes (quoting the Sun RPC license): but are not authorized to license or distribute it to anyone else except as part of a product or program developed by the user. I

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-31 Thread Jakob Bohm
IANAL, TINLA, IANADD But here is my blow by blow interpretation, which makes glibc DFSG free. On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:39:47AM +, Brian M. Carlson wrote: Copyright (C) 1984, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun RPC is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Brian M. Carlson
reopen 181493 ! thanks For the debian-legal people, this is the controversy at hand: Sun RPC code is included as part of glibc. The license, which is included below, prohibits distribution of the original code under its original terms, which would make the license non-free. Including non-free

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:39:47AM +, Brian M. Carlson wrote: Sun RPC is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided for unrestricted use provided that this legend is included on all tape media and as a part of the software

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Florian Weimer
Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:39:47AM +, Brian M. Carlson wrote: Sun RPC is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided for unrestricted use provided that this legend is included on all tape media and as a part

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Florian Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:39:47AM +, Brian M. Carlson wrote: Sun RPC is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided for unrestricted use provided that this legend is

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Brian M. Carlson wrote: Copyright (C) 1984, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Users may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are not authorized to license or distribute it to anyone else except as part of a product or program

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:05:57PM -0400, Brian T. Sniffen wrote: Has anybody asked Sun for a clarification of the license, or tried to obtain the code under a different license? Or maybe the FSF has obtained a suitable license and just forgot to update the copyright notice? Sun has

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:39:47AM +, Brian M. Carlson wrote: Copyright (C) 1984, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun RPC is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided for unrestricted use provided that this legend is included on all tape media

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright (C) 1984, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Users may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are not authorized to license or distribute it to anyone else except as part of a product or program developed by

Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Henning Makholm wrote: Scripsit Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright (C) 1984, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Users may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are not authorized to license or distribute it to anyone else except as