On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 04:15:41PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2011/03/16 16:57, Joachim Schipper wrote: > > > > I asked Colin privately about the RESTRICTED marker, and he replied with > > (paraphrased) "the license is nonstandard, and I didn't want to bother > > the release manager". I think the license is fairly clear, but I'd be > > willing to get (public) clarification of any issues you have. > > I think the license is quite clear too: > > "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." > > I don't think there's any possible way OpenBSD would be willing to > place restrictions on what users might do with the software, therefore > we may not redistribute it, so it's PERMIT_*=No. > > > One *could* make an argument that OpenBSD should protest tarsnap.com's > > discriminatory terms of service. But I haven't seen it yet, and the > > no-Canadians policy is based purely on a practical argument (tarsnap.com > > is just one guy, and sales tax is complicated). > > Having it on a CD produced and sold from Canada certainly wouldn't > make that any simpler for him; however I think it's irrelevant as > after re-reading I don't think we may redistribute at all.
I'm not thrilled at all to see something like this that restricts the freedom of users and OpenBSD alike, being imported.. Can't people who don't care about their freedom just use the copy on this mailinglist? -- Cheers, Jasper "Capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture them."
