[pkg-horde] Re: Apache license 1.1 for non-Apache software

[Francesco Poli]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 03:33:27 +0200 Gregory Colpart wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:42:36AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > > > Could you confirm me that my package will be DFSG-compliant ?
> > > 
> > > Not entirely, but it looks like it probably will be.
> > 
> > I don't agree.
> > The license under analysis is fully quoted below (for future
> > reference). I do *not* think that a work released solely under this
> > license can be considered to comply with the DFSG.
> 
> To sum up, I hope persuading upstream to do one of following
> actions:
> 
> - give permission to Debian project to package his softwares
>   (like Apache Fundation for apache-1.3 woody packages [1]),

That way it should go in main, though.
At least, that's my opinion.

> - switch license to Apache license 2.0 like [2],
> - switch licens to 3-clause BSD [3] or Horde BSD-like [4],
> - switch license to GPL [5] like other horde softwares.

All these license changes would make the software clearly DFSG-free.
I hope you can persuade upstream to switch to one of these licenses...


> [1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody6/copyright
> [2] http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
> [3] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/info/BSD_3Clause.html
> [4] http://www.horde.org/licenses/bsdl.php
> [5] http://www.horde.org/licenses/gpl.php 


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