Re: [gNewSense-users] suspect non-free xserver-xorg-driver-nsc/

[marco\.chieppa-crap]

oh, good!

thanks!

marco

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I'll send an e-mail off to address@hidden tonight - it takes
a few weeks
for them to respond but we'll find out. :)

My first glance at that says it's Free Software (It doens't
require you
to adhere to any specific legislation and what is a
restriction changes
as the law does - restrictions that are already on the user
even if the
license doesn't say it.

Thought at the same time I can imagine that could be
manipulated as well.

Either way, I'll submit a letter to them.

-Kevin

Chris Andrew wrote:
> Marco,
>
> I don't have much time tonight to research this.  It does look
> potentially worrying, though.
>
> Please can you raise a new bug
>
> http://bugs.gnewsense.org/
>
> and add it to the Suspected non-free page.
>
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Main/SuspectedNonFree
>
> Thanks for questioning this package.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris.
>
> On 24/12/2007, marco.chieppa-crap
<address@hidden> wrote:
>> hi!
>> before open a bug report, i would have your opinion about
this:
>> the package
>> xserver-xorg-driver-nsc/
>> in
>> main xs-xs
>> have this copyright notice (extract):
>>
>>>> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
>> without
>> modification, are permitted provided that the following
>> conditions
>> are met[...]
>>
>> 1.this not expressly permit selling (well, neither  inverse)
>>
>> and
>>
>>>> EXPORT LAWS: THIS LICENSE ADDS NO RESTRICTIONS TO THE
>> EXPORT LAWS OF YOUR JURISDICTION. It is licensee's
>> responsibility to comply with
>> any export regulations applicable in licensee's
>> jurisdiction. Under any export regulations applicable in
>> licensee's jurisdiction. Under CURRENT (2001) U.S. export
>> regulations this software is eligible for export from the
>> U.S. and can be downloaded by or otherwise exported or
>> reexported worldwide EXCEPT to U.S. embargoed destinations
>> which include Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran,
>> Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan and any other country to which the
>> U.S.
>> has embargoed goods and services.
>>
>> 2. This appear me not clear. we can redistribute the package
>> or not?
>> reading at
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html#exportcontrol
>> it seems not free
>> (exctract):
>> "Sometimes government export control regulations and trade
>> sanctions can constrain your freedom to distribute copies of
>> programs internationally. Software developers do not have
>> the power to eliminate or override these restrictions, but
>> what they can and must do is refuse to impose them as
>> conditions of use of the program. In this way, the
>> restrictions will not affect activities and people outside
>> the jurisdictions of these governments."
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> marco
>>
>>
>>
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