On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 01:20:36PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 05:58:33PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > ------------------------------------ > > Program code and documentation are > > (C) Copyright 2002 BeWAN systems > > All rights reserved. > > > > This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > > it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > > the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or > > (at your option) any later version. > > > > In addition, as a special exception, BeWAN systems gives permission > > to link the code of this program with the modem SW library > > (modem_ant_PCI.o, modem_ant_USB.o), and distribute linked combinations > > including the two. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all > > respects for all of the code used other than the modem SW library. > > > > See the file COPYING.GPL for details. > > ------------------------------------ > > > The response i got from this list at the time was that it was ok to > > licence the code under the GPL and to add an additional exception for > > the proprietary part like is done here, in order to put the package into > > debian/non-free. > > > I distribute only the source in a debian conform > > kernel-module-source package. > > > So, is there something wrong with the wording of this licence or > > something other i did miss ? > > > BTW, i think there is, since this allow us to distribute the binary > > package but not the not linked proprietary part, right ? > > Do we have permission to redistribute modem_ant_PCI.o and > modem_ant_USB.o? That's the only thing I don't see in this license. Is > that permission granted elsewhere?
Yes, i also see this as a problem and already asked the Bewan people about this. I guess they meant it implicitly in the permission to link stuff. Anyway, i will not get response from them before monday. Friendly, Sven Luther
