[Pkg-ace-devel] Bug#697848: non-free files in main

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Package: src:ace
Severity: serious

Hi,

the following license conditions (from 6.1.2-1's d/copyright) look quite
non-free as they restrict how the program may be modified:

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 [...] You
 may copy and extend functionality (but may not remove functionality)
 of the Interface Definition Language CFE without charge, but you are
 not authorized to license or distribute it to anyone else except as
 part of a product or program developed by you or with the express
 written consent of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Sun").
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 You may copy, modify, distribute, or sublicense the LICENSED PRODUCT
 without charge as part of a product or software program developed by
 you, so long as you preserve the functionality of interoperating with
 the Object Management Group's "Internet Inter-ORB Protocol" version
 one.  However, any uses other than the foregoing uses shall require
 the express written consent of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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There's also a license allowing only educational and commercial use, but no
redistribution or modification:

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 All of the files in these directories are copyright Addison Wesley,
 and they come with absolutely no warranty whatsoever.  Permission is
 hereby granted to use these programs for educational or commercial
 purposes.
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Ansgar