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

Francesco Poli frx at firenze.linux.it
Fri Apr 28 23:09:25 UTC 2006


On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:57:38 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:

> 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.

Oooops!   :p
What I actually intended to write was:

  "That way it should *not* go in main, though."

Sorry for having incorrectly stated the opposite of what I meant...  :-(


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