I talked upstream author. He wouldn't provide any additional license term. His logic is ...
* xcite is "free software". * "free software" satisfies "freely usable, freely (re-)distributable without any charge for itself, freely modifiable unless the original author(=me)'s copyrights are infringed or neglected, absolutely not responsible to any result from itself. " So he thinks xcite's license is defined explicitly. How do you feel ? >>>>> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:11:49 +0200 >>>>> uba...@users.sf.net(Jakub Wilk) said: > > * TANIGUCHI Takaki <tak...@asis.media-as.org>, 2009-10-15, 11:35: > >* Package name : xcite > > Version : 1.58 > > Upstream Author : HIROSE Yuuji [yu...@gentei.org] > >* URL or Web page : http://www.gentei.org/~yuuji/software/ > >* License : original > > > > This software is distributed as a free software without any > > warranty to anything as a result of using this. Especially, I > > am not responsible for the case when you cite your friend's mail > > with a silly citation prefix in a serious situation :) > > > > * Can I incorporate this program into Debian package? > > > > Yes. > > Upstream's agreement neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for > a piece of software to be included in Debian. First of all, it needs to > have a clear, DFSG-free license attached... > > > This "Yes" is NOT a special answer only for Debian. > > My recognition on `free software' is not the permanently > > constant notion. Therefore I won't define the fixed license > > sentences at any moment of my life. > > ...which upstream refuses to provide. > > > All I can say now is I hope > > the free software be; freely usable, freely (re-)distributable > > without any charge for itself, freely modifiable unless the > > original author(=me)'s copyrights are infringed or neglected, > > absolutely not responsible to any result from itself. If there > > is A license clauses which implies these points above in some > > era, this software can be classified into the group that the > > clauses want to assume as `free'. > > This wording is far too vague. Please bug upstream to use a well-known > license. > > -- > Jakub Wilk > > -- 谷口 貴紀 (TANIGUCHI Takaki) tak...@asis.media-as.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
