pkg/43210: AFPL license issues

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>Number:         43210
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       AFPL license issues
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 26 05:45:00 +0000 2010
>Originator:     Stefan
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
I believe a AFPL licensed packages should not be included on a CDROM:


--- snip -------------------------------------------------------------------
This licence is subject to the following restrictions:

(a)  Distribution of the Program or any work based on the Program by a
     commercial organization to any third party is prohibited if any payment
     is made in connection with such distribution, whether directly (as in
     payment for a copy of the Program) or indirectly (as in payment for
     some service related to the Program, or payment for some product or
     service that includes a copy of the Program "without charge"; these are
     only examples, and not an exhaustive enumeration of prohibited
     activities). The following methods of distribution involving payment
     shall not in and of themselves be a violation of this restriction:
     (i)  Posting the Program on a public access information storage and
          retrieval service for which a fee is received for retrieving
          information (such as an on-line service), provided that the fee is
          not content-dependent (i.e., the fee would be the same for
          retrieving the same volume of information consisting of random
          data) and that access to the service and to the Program is
          available independent of any other product or service. An example
          of a service that does not fall under this section is an on-line
          service that is operated by a company and that is only available
          to customers of that company. (This is not an exhaustive
          enumeration.)
     (ii) Distributing the Program on removable computer-readable media,
          provided that the files containing the Program are reproduced
          entirely and verbatim on such media, that all information on such
          media be redistributable for non-commercial purposes without
          charge, and that such media are distributed by themselves (except
          for accompanying documentation) independent of any other product
          or service. Examples of such media include CD-ROM, magnetic tape,
          and optical storage media. (This is not intended to be an
          exhaustive list.) An example of a distribution that does not fall
          under this section is a CD-ROM included in a book or magazine.
          (This is not an exhaustive enumeration.)
--- snip -------------------------------------------------------------------


For instance, the now obsolete package ghostscript-afpl did not allow CD ROM 
distributions:

--- snip -------------------------------------------------------------------
LICENSE=        afpl-license
RESTRICTED=     Commercial distribution prohibited in most cases.
# CDROM distribution may be acceptable in some cases, but not all, so
# the variables are set.
NO_SRC_ON_CDROM=        ${RESTRICTED}
NO_BIN_ON_CDROM=        ${RESTRICTED}
--- snip -------------------------------------------------------------------



I believe print/pdflib is AFPL licensed. The Makefile does not restrict the 
CDROM use. At least, this package comes with two license files: 
aladdin-license.pdf and, what changes.txt calls a "commercial license", 
PDFlib-license.pdf. 



print/bg5pdf takes some files from pdflib and is thus also AFPL licensed. The 
Makefile does not restrict the CDROM use. PS: This package could also install 
aladdin-license.pdf.


 Stefan
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