Hello,
I've got some complaints that Net-SNMP contains code covered by Apple
Public Source License 1.1 [1], namely it is
trunk/agent/mibgroup/host/data_access/swrun_darwin.c (the license is in
the middle of the file, not at the top).
APSL 1.1 is considered 'bad' from Fedora point of view [2] (and RHEL
too, if it matters).
Looking at the license text, it seems to me the code can be easily
relicensed to APSL 2.0, which is better from Fedora point of view - see
chap. 7 of the license:
...
You may also choose to use such Original Code under the
terms of any subsequent version of this License published
by Apple.
I can take care of necessary modifications (e.g. COPYING file).
But the best would be of course to get rid of the code. The code is
behind #ifdef JAGUR and Robert Story (author of the code) is not sure it
is ever defined anywhere. Is the code needed at all? And can the code be
rewritten so we can have BSD-like license everywhere? The code there
looks Net-SNMP-ish, if there are some parts which are taken from
somewhere else, they are very well hidden.
Thanks in advance for your help - I don't understand licensing,
especially when it comes to US copyright law :(.
Jan
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Apple_Public_Source_License_1.1
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#SoftwareLicenses.
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