On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:00:22PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: >On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 06:44:02PM +0100, Simon Phipps wrote: >> >>On Oct 14, 2008, at 00:30, Anibal Monsalve Salazar wrote: >> >>>On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 03:58:55PM -0700, Mark Reinhold wrote: >>>>Suggest you ask Simon Phipps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. He should be >>>>able to point you in the right direction. >>> >>>Thank you. >>> >>>Mark could you please help us with the license issue discussed in the >>>URL above? >> >>I think you meant me :-)
Yes, sorry. :) >>Would you be able to send me a succinct description of what you're >>actually requesting please? As far as I can tell from glancing at the >>thread, Sun staff have not been involved in the deployment of the code >>in question so someone using the code will need to make a request that I >>can then champion inside Sun (which I am more than happy to do once I >>know what I am doing!) >> > >The GNU libc uses a the SUN RPC library (sunrpc/* in the sources), which >is distributed under a license that is not clear about redistribution, >and may not be compliant with the Debian Free Software Guidelines [1]. > >|Sun RPC is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided for >|unrestricted use provided that this legend is included on all tape >|media and as a part of the software program in whole or part. Users >|may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are not authorized >|to license or distribute it to anyone else except as part of a product or >|program developed by the user. >| >|SUN RPC IS PROVIDED AS IS WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THE >|WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR >|PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. >| >|Sun RPC is provided with no support and without any obligation on the >|part of Sun Microsystems, Inc. to assist in its use, correction, >|modification or enhancement. >| >|SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE >|INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHTS, TRADE SECRETS OR ANY PATENTS BY SUN RPC >|OR ANY PART THEREOF. >| >|In no event will Sun Microsystems, Inc. be liable for any lost revenue >|or profits or other special, indirect and consequential damages, even if >|Sun has been advised of the possibility of such damages. >| >|Sun Microsystems, Inc. >|2550 Garcia Avenue >|Mountain View, California 94043 The Sun license in the Debian portmap package is: /* @(#)portmap.c 2.3 88/08/11 4.0 RPCSRC static char sccsid[] = "@(#)portmap.c 1.32 87/08/06 Copyr 1984 Sun Micro"; */ /* * portmap.c, Implements the program,version to port number mapping for * rpc. */ /* * Sun RPC is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided for * unrestricted use provided that this legend is included on all tape * media and as a part of the software program in whole or part. Users * may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are not authorized * to license or distribute it to anyone else except as part of a product or * program developed by the user. * * SUN RPC IS PROVIDED AS IS WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THE * WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE * PRACTICE. * * Sun RPC is provided with no support and without any obligation on the * part of Sun Microsystems, Inc. to assist in its use, correction, * modification or enhancement. * * SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE * INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHTS, TRADE SECRETS OR ANY PATENTS BY SUN RPC * OR ANY PART THEREOF. * * In no event will Sun Microsystems, Inc. be liable for any lost revenue * or profits or other special, indirect and consequential damages, even if * Sun has been advised of the possibility of such damages. * * Sun Microsystems, Inc. * 2550 Garcia Avenue * Mountain View, California 94043 */ >The part which gives us concerns is the following: > >|Users may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are not authorized >|to license or distribute it to anyone else except as part of a product or >|program developed by the user. > >From what I understand, we are allowed to redistribute the Sun RPC >library as part of the GNU libc, but we are not able to redistribute >only the sunrpc/ library with or without fixes. Does simply changing >the name is considered to be "a program developed by the user" and >would allow the redistribution? > >It would be nice if Sun can clarify this part and/or propose a change >that can comply with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. > >Regards, >Aurelien > >[1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract > >-- > .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 > : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer > `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net
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