[debian-devel:17379] Re: License issue of fdclone

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:41:48PM +0900, Tatsuya Kinoshita wrote:
> On August 30, 2008, [debian-devel:17375],
> osamu (at debian.org) wrote:
> 
> > I am not in the mood to file RC bug on this package but are you aware of
> > licensing issue with fdclone (Did you read Japanese license text.  I
> > discussed this on debian-devel@debian.or.jp)
> > 
> > Book publishers are required to contact upstream author as I understand.
> > That is DSFG non-free.
> 
> It's my understanding of FD-3.00c/LICENCES* that book publishers
> are required to contact the upstream author *if the author's
> guarantee is required*, that is acceptable to DFSG.
> 
> Hmm, the old (FD-1.x) license statement remains in the
> FD-3.00c/README* files, that is non-free.

Sounds like I need to read 3.00 one instead of fdclone-2.06c source.

> Hiroyuki, please tell the upstream author to remove the old license
> statement.

Good idea.