Joachim Wiedorn <[email protected]> writes: > The old developer = author have deleted the hole package website and > nobody have heard of him for a long time (> 4 years I mean).
That does make it rather more difficult; the copyright regime we live under means that, regardless of the fact no-one has been able to contact this party, copyright control still rests with them. > But now I have seen, that this package is not fully licensed under the > Artistic license 1.0 (as everybody would thought), but each source > file have the following header: > > /* WebDownloader for X-Window > * > * Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Koshelev Maxim > * This Program is free but not GPL!!! You can't modify it > * without agreement with author. You can't distribute modified > * program but you can distribute unmodified program. Trivially non-free. > Now I ask me if this package agree with the DFSG ? No, it violates DFSG §3. > Today I have tried to contact the old developer = author with his old > email adress, but I think I get no answer. Thank you for this effort, it is necessary to try. > What can I do, if the author doesn't answer? Is there a way? The work as a whole remains non-free so long as it is derived from a work with the above terms. Can you remove that part of the work, either replacing it with an equivalent work under a compatible free license, or modifying the function of the program to work without it? -- \ “Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a | `\ finite world is either a madman or an economist.” —Kenneth | _o__) Boulding | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
