On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > On 2011/03/14 21:58, Joachim Schipper wrote: >> # "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, without modification, >> is >> # permitted for the sole purpose of using the "tarsnap" backup service >> provided >> # by Colin Percival." Also contains quite a bit of BSD/public domain stuff >> and >> # some (copyrighted) manuals. > > If this goes in I'd like to see this comment trimmed a bit so that > it's very clear that PERMIT_* must be changed if we add any patches. > Maybe something like: > > # May only be used with the author's "tarsnap" service. > # May not be modified.
Not too sure if you can patch the client code at all. - Client code is restricted for accessing the service. - Modified client code can't be used to access the service. [1] https://www.tarsnap.com/legal.html | Client code | | 1. You may only access the service using unmodified Tarsnap | client code which I have distributed. Compiling the source code | to produce binaries does not constitute "modification" for the | purpose of this clause. [Why?] | | 2. You may use the Tarsnap client code for the sole purpose of | accessing the service.
