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[Bug-tar] GPL-Incompatible Free Software License ?


From: Marco Oliva
Subject: [Bug-tar] GPL-Incompatible Free Software License ?
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:42:41 +0100
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In tar-1.20/rmt/rmt.c is written:

"
/* Remote connection server.

   Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004,
   2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
   Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
   version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
   Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
   with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */

/* Copyright (C) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
   All rights reserved.

   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided
   that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated in all
   such forms and that any documentation, advertising materials, and other
   materials related to such distribution and use acknowledge that the
   software was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.  The
   name of the University may not be used to endorse or promote products
   derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
   WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
   MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  */
"

The problem, in my opinion, is:
"
... and use acknowledge that the
   software was developed by the University of California, Berkeley. ...
"
It is very similar to Original BSD License.

Can be considered GPL-Incompatible Free Software License ?


P.S.: Tar version 1.22 has the same file.




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