From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1I6B45-0003cQ-2t for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:03:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l64K1sqW027082; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 20:01:54 GMT Received: from siemen.orkz.net (atwork-180.r-212.178.119.atwork.nl [212.178.119.180]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l64Jw642019666 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 19:58:06 GMT Received: (qmail 40527 invoked by uid 98); 4 Jul 2007 19:57:59 -0000 Received: from 192.168.1.220 by siemen.orkz.net (envelope-from , uid 89) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.88.4/1763. spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:RC:1(192.168.1.220):. Processed in 0.022013 secs); 04 Jul 2007 19:57:59 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: jer@gentoo.org via siemen.orkz.net X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.25 (Clear:RC:1(192.168.1.220):. Processed in 0.022013 secs) Received: from unknown (HELO epia.jer-c2.orkz.net) (192.168.1.220) by siemen.orkz.net with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 4 Jul 2007 19:57:59 -0000 Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 21:58:10 +0200 From: Jeroen Roovers To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: package with funny licence Message-ID: <20070704215810.2f87c44f@epia.jer-c2.orkz.net> In-Reply-To: References: <18058.8984.63918.143003@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20070703190152.66063bfe@epia.jer-c2.orkz.net> <200707042202.31726.pauldv@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 538c6787-fc1b-4f7f-9701-c7237b813e44 X-Archives-Hash: 1bf2f11994437b8d90aaffb8285399fb On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:28:04 +0100 Steve Long wrote: > It maybe be Published by some group, but they seem to make no > restrictions whatsoever. As such, I'd personally feel quite happy > using it as-is; I don't think they much care either way :-) Hmmm. A license is *needed* as long as modifying/distributing the package is restricted by copyright. The as-is license specifically grants you the right to use the software it pertains to. Without an explicit license, you may not (ever) modify or distribute it. You would need to obtain permission from the copyright owner in that case - otherwise the normal copyright restrictions are in effect. Again, to ask the copyright owner for a simple (written) statement saying how the software may be (freely or not) distributed and modified is currently the next step. Kind regards, JeR -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list