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

[Johnny Willemsen]

Hi,

This file has already been removed from the latest ace versions.

Johnny



Op 18 jun. 2011 om 16:56 heeft Sam Geeraerts <samgee at elmundolibre.be> het volgende geschreven:

> 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
> 
> 
> 
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