:: Re: [DNG] A problem with a license
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Autor: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Betreff: Re: [DNG] A problem with a license
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 12:10:34 +0200, Alessandro wrote in message
<20170705121034.0040505a@???>:

> On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 at 10:56:45 +0100
> KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Please, please, please: let's avoid to tranform this in a flame. The
> > thing is that Devuan/main should include only free-software, and
> > that clause makes the package non-compliant with the basic freedom
> > 0. We would like suggestions as of whether the clause should be
> > removed or the package should go in Devuan/non-free (I can't see
> > any other5B alternative).
>
> The best thing that could happen is, of course, that the software
> authors changed the licence terms or at least that we received
> special permission to redistribute the software in Devuan under
> different terms. Let's try, hopefully they are reasonable people and
> will prefer having their software more widely circulated and used.


..this can be done (3) 2 ways, toss it into non-free (for now), and get
a compatible dual license for Devuan and other non-systemd distros.


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