Re: ext/srfi/srfi-19.scm license considered non-free by debian

Thanks for reporting.  Update pushed.

--shiro


On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 7:23 AM Jens Thiele <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just saw debian bug #1023035
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=yes&bug=1023035
>
> The license of ext/srfi/srfi-19.scm contains:
> "However, this document itself may not be modified in any way"
> which makes the license non-free in debian terms
>
> Looking at the current srfi-19.scm file [0] the new license doesn't
> contain such restriction anymore:
>
> "
> ;; SRFI-19: Time Data Types and Procedures.
> ;;
> ;; Copyright (C) I/NET, Inc. (2000, 2002, 2003). All Rights Reserved.
> ;;
> ;; Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
> ;; a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
> ;; "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
> ;; without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
> ;; distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
> ;; permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
> ;; the following conditions:
> ;;
> ;; The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
> ;; included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
> ;;
> ;; THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> ;; EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
> ;; MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
> ;; NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
> ;; LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
> ;; OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
> ;; WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> "
>
> Would it be possible to adapt the license of ext/srfi/srfi-19.scm ?
>
> Greetings,
> jens
>
> [0] https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-19/srfi-19.scm
>
>
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