Bug#668076: reSIProcate packages RFS

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 11:35:18AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/04/12 10:41, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 09:07:49PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've recently filed an RFS for reSIProcate
> >>
> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/04/msg00168.html
> > 
> > I didn't yet try to build it, but at first glance the packaging looks
> > good.
> > 
> > One minor nit: The license is a 4-cluase BSD-like license. Is this
> > intended to be a used as a library? Clause (3) from the license makes it
> > *GPL incompatible. Any hope of fixing that?
> 
> I believe you are referring to this clause:
> 
>  "3. The names "VOCAL", "Vovida Open Communication Application Library",
>      and "Vovida Open Communication Application Library (VOCAL)" must
>      not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
>      software without prior written permission. For written
>      permission, please contact vocal at vovida.org."

Sorry, my mistake. I see that Clause (4) was added (regarding the usage
of the name VOCAL). So no advertisement cluase there.

> 
> http://www.resiprocate.org/License
> 
> Here is some background info about VOCAL:
> 
>    http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/VOCAL
> 
> I'm not sure if Vovida or VOCAL still exists in some formal sense, and
> if so, I don't know whether the clause is still valid or even relevant
> 
> reSIProcate broke away from SIPfoundry and some of the other projects
> some years ago too, so it is quite independent
> 
> Can you comment more on the relationship of this clause with the GPL?
> 
> Does it just prevent linking with *GPL apps, or does it prevent
> inclusion in Debian outright?  As it is now, could it go in contrib or
> non-free rather than main?

Even if there were any issue with linking with GPL programs, this
certianly wouldn't have kept it from main (see e.g. openssl and apache).

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