[Pkg-ace-devel] Bug#630897: ace: DDS4 spec doesn't allow modification or commercial distribution

[Sam Geeraerts]

Source: ace
Version: 5.7.7-4
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.1.1, 2.1.3, 2.1.6, 2.1.7
User: gnewsense-dev at nongnu.org
Usertags: gnewsense libreplanet

In ACE+TAO+CIAO-src-5.7.7.tar.bz2 there is document ACE_wrappers/TAO/CIAO/
connectors/dds4ccm/docs/ptc_09-10-26 DDS4CCM v1-0 WCB.pdf, which has the
following license notice.

Subject to all of the terms and conditions below, the owners of the copyright
in this specification hereby grant you a fully-paid up, non-exclusive,
nontransferable, perpetual, worldwide license (without the right to sublicense),
to use this specification to create and distribute software and special purpose
specifications that are based upon this specification, and to use, copy, and
distribute this specification as provided under the Copyright Act; provided
that: (1) both the copyright notice identified above and this permission notice
appear on any copies of this specification; (2) the use of the specifications
is for informational purposes and will not be copied or posted on any network
computer or broadcast in any media and will not be otherwise resold or
transferred for commercial purposes; and (3) no modifications are made to this
specification. This limited permission automatically terminates without notice
if you breach any of these terms or conditions. Upon termination, you will
destroy immediately any copies of the specifications in your possession or
control.

This violates DFSG in several ways:
- No right to modify.
- Distribution restrictions (medium and commercial).
- "For informational purposes only" suggests no commercial use allowed.
- Nontransferable, without the right to sublicense means that anyone receiving
  the document from someone who is not the copyright holder doesn't get the
  same rights.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash