[pkg-x2go-devel] Bug#784565: Bug#784565: nx-libs-lite: parts are derived from non-free code

[Francesco Poli]

On Mon, 11 May 2015 09:26:36 +0000 Mike Gabriel wrote:

[...]
> As it seems, dxpc has been long ago relicensed to BSD-2-clause (for  
> v3.8.1 in/around 2002).

This is great news, indeed!

> 
> I have no exact clue, if NoMachine forked prior to that (if they quote  
> the old licensing terms, then probably they did).

Yep, it's plausible...

> 
> However, how do you see the situation considering that upstream  
> changed to BSD-2-clause a long time ago. What approach do you propose  
> for nx-libs-lite to get the issue fully fixed?

If the fork has been performed before the DXPC re-licensing (as it's
likely), I see two possible strategies:

 (A) someone gets in touch with DXPC copyright owners and asks them
whether the re-licensing may be considered retroactive (applicable to
older versions of DXPC); in case the answer is negative, DXPC copyright
owners should be persuaded to make the re-licensing retroactive

 (B) nx-libs-lite upstream developers re-fork from scratch, basing the
new code on a BSD-licensed version of DXPC (I suspect this may turn out
to be somewhat painful...)


Obviously, the optimal solution is (A). I hope it may work...

Thanks for your time and for your prompt and kind replies.


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