[Bug 449037] Review Request: afio - cpio compatible archiver

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--- Comment #10 from Debarshi Ray <debarshi.ray at gmail.com>  2008-09-25 17:15:23 EDT ---
The following license notice is self-contradictory. It initially implies that
the program is under "LGPLv2+ or Artistic" and then goes on to impose a
"non-commercial clause", which contradicts the LGPLv2.

/*
 * afio.c
 *
 * Manipulate archives and files.
 *
 * This software was written by Mark Brukhartz at Lachman Associates,
 * Inc..  Additional code was written by a large cast of people.  
 *
 * Licensing and (re)distribution
 * ------------------------------
 *
 * THE SUMMARY INFORMATION BELOW WAS WRITTEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF 
 * SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTORS
 *
 * Because of historical reasons, different parts of this software
 * package are covered by different licenses.  However:
 *
 * A) This software package as a whole may be re-distributed by any
 *    method that satisfies the conditions of both the Perl "Artistic
 *    License" and the GNU Library General Public License.
 *
 * B) According to the theory.html file of the Sunsite Archive
 *    Maintainers, this implies that the correct LSM template field
 *    is:
 *
 *          Copying-policy: LGPL
 * 
 * C) This software package can also be re-distributed under
 *    particular conditions that are _weaker_ than the Perl "Artistic
 *    License" combined with the GNU Library General Public License.
 *    Redistribution need only satisfy all four license notices below.
 *
 * Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and neither are the Sunsite Archive
 * Maintainers.
 *
 * END OF SUMMARY INFORMATION
 *
 * ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 *
 * License notice 1, covering part of this software package.
 *
 * [Covers the original 1985 afio code]
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 1985 Lachman Associates, Inc..
 *
 * This software was written by Mark Brukhartz at Lachman Associates,
 * Inc.. It may be distributed within the following restrictions:
 * (1) It may not be sold at a profit.
 * (2) This credit and notice must remain intact.
 * This software may be distributed with other software by a commercial
 * vendor, provided that it is included at no additional charge.
 *
 *
 * [Note: it is believed that condition 5 of the Perl "Artistic
 * License" implies the intent of restriction (1) above.]
 *
 * --------
 *
 * ** License notice 2, covering part of this software package.
 *
 * [Covers the tempnam function]
 *
 * Copyright: Copyright (c) 1989 by Monty Walls.
 *  Not derived from licensed software.
 *
 *  Permission to copy and/or distribute granted under the
 *  following conditions:
 *
 *  1). This notice must remain intact.
 *  2). The author is not responsible for the consequences of use
 *   this software, no matter how awful, even if they
 *   arise from defects in it.
 *  3). Altered version must not be represented as being the
 *   original software.
 *
 * --------
 *
 * ** License notice 3, covering part of this software package.
 *
 * [Covers the contents of the gnu.fnmatch.tar.gz file]
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
 *  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 *  License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *  Library General Public License for more details.
 *  
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 *  License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
 *  not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
 *  Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  
 *
 * --------
 *
 * ** License notice 4, covering part of this software package.
 *
 * [Covers the remainder of this software package]
 *
 * Additional code was written by a large cast of people.
 *
 * All additional code may be redistributed under the conditions of
 * license notice 1.
 *
 * Note that the authors of the additional code retain the right to
 * allow for the re-distribution of their code under weaker (and less
 * exotic) conditions.
 *
 * --------
 *
 * ** WARRANTY NOTICE
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 *
 *
 * [End of licensing and redistribution section] 
 *
 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------


Fedora Legal and the Red Hat lawyers agree that this renders this program
non-free and unfit for inclusion in Fedora under the current terms.

So you and/or upstream can try to convince Mark Brukhartz
<mark.brukhartz at citadelgroup.com> to relicense his work and remove the
"non-commercial clause". He seems to be currently working at Citadel Investment
Group, Chicago. (Thanks to Tom 'Spot' Callaway for the information.)

You can also use https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list for
further information from Fedora regarding this issue.

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