Re: License review: tarsnap

Soren Stoutner <[email protected]> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:39:49 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal
Organization	Debian
Message-ID	<17217978.Ash8RoxBsO@soren-desktop>

On Tuesday, February 4, 2025 3:58:00 PM MST Simon Josefsson wrote:
> All,
> 
> Is the license below acceptable for inclusion into 'non-free'?  It is
> claimed to cover the tarsnap software, see
> https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap and https://www.tarsnap.com/ for
> background.
> 
> Regarding RFP/ITP status, there is now a Salsa pipeline building the
> Debian package:
> 
> https://salsa.debian.org/jas/tarsnap/
> 
> It seems to build.  If the license is deemed acceptable for inclusion
> into Debian 'non-free' I plan to upload it, closing this old RFP bug.  I
> am guessing that the unusual license may have been regarded as a
> blocker.
> 
> /Simon
> 
> Copyright 2006 - 2022 Tarsnap Backup Inc.
> All rights reserved.
> 
> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, without modification,
> is permitted for the sole purpose of using the "tarsnap" backup service
> provided by Tarsnap Backup Inc.
> 
> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
> ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
> FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
> LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
> OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> SUCH DAMAGE.

I would just like to second what has already been stated in this thread, which is that I don’t 
see any problems with this license in non-free, with the note that I think this license does 
preclude the use of anything in debian/patches.  Currently, there are no patches in the 
Salsa repository, so it isn’t a problem.

-- 
Soren Stoutner
[email protected]

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