Re: UTUTO-e isn't free

[Jose E. Marchesi]

    You can grep this page
    https://www.ututo.org/repository/
    for openmotif and artistic (among others).

I evaluated all the suspicious packages on that repository, with the
following detailed results. All other packages are listed for use
well-known free software licenses.


Quick resume:

    - 15 non-free packages (see below for details)



* chkrootkit (AMS license)

License at http://www.chkrootkit.org/COPYRIGHT

It is a little non-copyleft free software license.
I think it is incompatible with the GPL.

So OK.

* bcwipe (bestcrypt license)

License at http://www.jetico.com/

Traditional non free license.

So NO OK.


* cracklib (cracklib license)

License at http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/LICENSE.cracklib

A plagious of the original artistic license.

So NO OK.

* dirvish (OSL-2.0 license)

License at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-2.0.php

This is a copyleft (and viral) free software license by the OSI.

I think that point 5 of the license:

      5) External Deployment. The term "External Deployment" means the
         use or distribution of the Original Work or Derivative Works
         in any way such that the Original Work or Derivative Works
         may be used by anyone other than You, whether the Original
         Work or Derivative Works are distributed to those persons or
         made available as an application intended for use over a
         computer network. As an express condition for the grants of
         license hereunder, You agree that any External Deployment by
         You of a Derivative Work shall be deemed a distribution and
         shall be licensed to all under the terms of this License, as
         prescribed in section 1(c) herein.

still grants private use of derivated works, that is OK with us. 

So OK.
 
* dsniff (dsniff license)

License at http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/LICENSE.dsniff

It is a small, non-copyleft free software license.

So OK.

* egressor (egressor license)

License at http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/download/LICENSE.egressor

Brutal and traditional free for non-commercial propietary software license.

So NO OK.

* elfutils (Opensoftware license)

Same as dirvish.

So OK.

* fontconfig (custom license)

License at http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/LICENSE.fontconfig

Small non-copyleft, free software license.

So OK.

* fragroute (same as dsniff)

Same as dsniff.

So OK.

* freenet6 (VPL-1.0 license)

License at http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/LICENSE.freenet6

The 2.1.1 version of freenet6 is licensed under the GPL.

So OK.

* hesiod (ISC license)

License at http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/LICENSE.isc

Little non-copyleft, free software license.

So OK.

* irqbalance (OSL-1.1 license)

Same as dirvish.

So OK.

* kvirc (custom license)

kvirc is distributed under the GPLv2.

So OK.

* mbrola (custom license)

License at http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola.html

Propietary software license (you cannot sell without prior permission
from the author).

So NO OK.

* memdump (IBM license)

IBM public license 1.0, that is a free software license.

So OK.

* netperf (custom license)

License at http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/LICENSE.netperf

Propietary non-commercial only license.

No NO OK.

* pdflib (Aladdin license)

License at http://www.pdflib.com/purchase/license-lite.html

Traditional free for non-commercial use propietary software.

So NO OK.

* qwt (custom license)

License at http://qwt.sourceforge.net/qwtlicense.html

LGPL with some exceptions:

   1. Widgets that are subclassed from Qwt widgets do not
       constitute a derivative work.

    2. Static linking of applications and widgets to the
       Qwt library does not constitute a derivative work
       and does not require the author to provide source
       code for the application or widget, use the shared
       Qwt libraries, or link their applications or
       widgets against a user-supplied version of Qwt.
  
       If you link the application or widget to a modified
       version of Qwt, then the changes to Qwt must be 
       provided under the terms of the LGPL in sections
       1, 2, and 4.
  
    3. You do not have to provide a copy of the Qwt license
       with programs that are linked to the Qwt library, nor
       do you have to identify the Qwt license in your
       program or documentation as required by section 6
       of the LGPL.


       However, programs must still identify their use of Qwt.
       The following example statement can be included in user
       documentation to satisfy this requirement:

           [program/widget] is based in part on the work of
           the Qwt project (http://qwt.sf.net).


I dont find these exceptions as harmful.

So i think it is OK.

* silva (ZPL license)

License at http://www.zope.org/Resources/ZPL

Zope Public License, version 2.1

It is a free software license.

So OK

* spidermonkey (NPL-1.1)

Netscape Public License, version 1.1.

It is a non-copyleft free software license.

So OK.

* unzip (INFOZIP license)

License at http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/license.html

The INFOZIP license is a modified modern BSD one, so it is
non-copyleft free software.

But the following source file (distributed with unzip) is not free
(free non-commercial use): time_lib.c

Since i dont know if the UTUTO-e unzip package was compiled including
time_lib.c, i dont know it it contain non-free software or not. We
should ask.

So DUNNO.


* zip (INFOZIP license)

Same as unzip.

So DUNNO.

* bmon (Artistic license)

Original artistic license.

So NO OK.

* d4x (Artistic license)

Original artistic license.

So NO OK.

* durep (Artistic license)

Original artistic license.

So NO OK.

* cdrecord-prodvd (free for non-commercial use)

Forbits commercial use.

So NO OK.

* nstats (Artistic license)

Original artistic license.

So NO OK.

* pine (non-free custom license)

Traditional propietary license.

So NO OK.

* razor (Artistic license)

Original artistic license.

So NO OK.

* when (Artistic license)

Original artistic license.

So NO OK.

* OpenMotif (Openmotif license)

Well known non-free license.

So NO OK.