Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV Package Section Summary update and call for help.

[Kevin Dean]

This issue appears in several licenses in one various form or another.
Per Michael Fötsch from address@hidden:

This specific export restriction language does not render the license
non-free. The wording originally comes from the Intel Open Source
License, which is a free license.


On Jan 26, 2008 2:38 PM, Chris Andrew <address@hidden> wrote:
> Lee,
>
> Thanks for picking this one up.  It's good to put this one to bed.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Chris.
>
>
> On 26/01/2008, Lee McCafferty <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I took a look at Main kernel-wf - kz, and the only package left is
> > krb5. This was marked as unclear because its copyright contained the
> > following passage:
> >
> >   Export of this software from the United States of America may require
> >   a specific license from the United States Government.  It is the
> >   responsibility of any person or organization contemplating export to
> >   obtain such a license before exporting.
> >
> > This issue was discussed on the list a while ago and I believe that the
> > conclusion was that such a passage does not nullify the freedom of the
> > software. This has to do with laws concerning cryptographic software and
> > is therefore not a restriction imposed by the copyright holder, but by the
> > laws of certain sovereign nations (if I understood correctly). To cut a long
> > story short, I have marked this as free, which completes that section.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 08:29 +0000, Chris Andrew wrote:
> > > Hi, everybody.
> > >
> > > I've just updated the Package Section Summary
> > >
> > > http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Main/PackagesInMain
> > >
> > > Work seems to have stopped, which is a little worrying, as we are so
> > > near our goal.
> > >
> > > I know people have many other pressures on their time, but any help
> > > you can offer would be great.
> > >
> > > Particularly striking is Main kernel-wf- kz which hasn't been touched
> > > for 126 days, as it seems that only one licence is preventing it from
> > > being free'd.
> > >
> > > I'll be doing the stats as usual, tomorrow evening.  In the mean time,
> > > please help if you can.
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > >
> > > Chris.
> > >
> >
> >
>
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