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  • Bug#267201: License not suitable for non-free

    From =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran?= Weinholt@1:229/2 to All on Sat Aug 21 06:30:08 2004
    From: [email protected]

    Package: robotour
    Version: 3.1.0-1
    Severity: serious

    Hi,

    robotour's license has this in it:

    | THE ROBOCOM TEAM
    [...]
    | - reserve the right to cancel this contract at any time without prior notice. | In this case you must erase all copies of the software immediately.

    Let's say the Robocom team decides to practice this right and revokes
    Debian's license to distribute robotour. How are we supposed to
    immediately erase robotour from our archive and mirrors?

    The authors can just say "license revoked" and then sue us.

    Regards,

    --
    G�ran Weinholt <[email protected]>
    Debian developer, sysadmin, netadmin

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  • From Shaun Jackman@1:229/2 to All on Sat Aug 21 08:30:16 2004
    From: [email protected]

    Hello,

    I received the following bug regarding the Robotour license. I'm
    inclined to agree with the submitter. For Robotour to be suitable for distribution in Debian, the license should be irrevocable. I suggest
    removing this clause from the license. If you feel strongly about
    maintaining this clause, you could offer an irrevocable license to
    Debian to redistribute Robotour.

    Cheers,
    Shaun


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    From: G�ran Weinholt <[email protected]>
    Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 06:12:22 +0200
    Subject: Bug#267201: License not suitable for non-free
    To: [email protected]

    Package: robotour
    Version: 3.1.0-1
    Severity: serious

    Hi,

    robotour's license has this in it:

    | THE ROBOCOM TEAM
    [...]
    | - reserve the right to cancel this contract at any time without prior notice. | In this case you must erase all copies of the software immediately.

    Let's say the Robocom team decides to practice this right and revokes
    Debian's license to distribute robotour. How are we supposed to
    immediately erase robotour from our archive and mirrors?

    The authors can just say "license revoked" and then sue us.

    Regards,

    --
    G�ran Weinholt <[email protected]>
    Debian developer, sysadmin, netadmin

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