Is libreludedb DFSG compliant?

Hi I am the maintainer of prelude software, a *Hybrid IDS: http://www.prelude-ids.org/ The new release (0.9.x) create a new library: libpreludedb. I package it, but it was rejected due to issue on the understatning of the licence. So I ask for your understanding... This is the LICENSE.README

Re: DFSG compilance of display-dhammapada

On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:56:53PM -0500, Catatonic Porpoise wrote: It would be good to contact the publisher, to ask for clarification. If it turns out that the license (or lack thereof) lacks freedoms required for inclusion into Debian, then you might discuss an alternate license

Re: Is libreludedb DFSG compliant?

El jueves, 29 de diciembre de 2005 a las 15:54:51 +0100, Mickael Profeta escribía: If you link LibPreludeDB against other code all of which is itself licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 dated June 1991 (GPL v2), then you may use Libprelude under the terms of the GPL v2,

Re: Packaging a software with moving licence

On 12/23/05, Henning Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (In particular, the GPL itself does not explicitly claim to be irrevocable. The free software community generally believes it to be _implicitly_ irrevocable, but that won't necessarily impress a court faced with a plaintiff's argument:

Re: Is libreludedb DFSG compliant?

On 10518 March 1977, Mickael Profeta wrote: As it was linked with GPL libraries, I think the package is GPL and can go to main, what is your opinion? You didnt mention that it includes LGPLed works in the source tarball. -- bye Joerg Endianess is the dispute on which end to open an egg at.

Re: Is libreludedb DFSG compliant?

Just say that it is licensed under the GPL and say that if you want to use it in proprietary stuff then pay for a license. e.g. this program is free software - you can redistribute and/or modify it etc etc. If you want to use libpreludedb in a proprietary application contact us for a license.