From: Brett Gilio <brettg@gnu.org>
To: Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Did nmap just become non-free?
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:52:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d01kzagk.fsf@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r1q0pici.fsf@gnu.org> (Marius Bakke's message of "Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:12:45 +0200")
Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org> writes:
> Having re-read the original text (without the annotations), the thing
> that stands out is:
>
> Proprietary software companies wishing to use or incorporate Covered
> Software within their programs must contact Licensor to purchase a
> separate license. Open source developers who wish to incorporate parts
> of Covered Software into free software with conflicting licenses may
> write Licensor to request a waiver of terms.
>
> From <https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/LICENSE>.
>
> So a "proprietary software company" cannot use or incorporate nmap
> within a program, even if that program is free (as in software)?
I believe that clause about "proprietary software companies" (if such a
thing could even be defined, legally) violates freedom 0.
Do let me know what the licensing lab says.
--
Brett M. Gilio
<brettg@gnu.org>
https://brettgilio.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-14 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-14 0:00 Did nmap just become non-free? Marius Bakke
2020-10-14 0:19 ` Brett Gilio
2020-10-14 22:12 ` Marius Bakke
2020-10-14 22:52 ` Brett Gilio [this message]
2020-10-15 0:13 ` zimoun
2020-10-15 16:02 ` Brett Gilio
2020-10-15 8:51 ` Andreas Enge
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