Could anyone tell me why premail is in non-free? I've read the license a couple of times, and I really don't see anything that would prevent it from being in main (or at least contrib). Am I missing something? Christian ----------------------- This is the Debian Linux prepackaged version of premail. This package was put together by Karl Sackett <krs@debian.org>, from sources obtained from: ftp://ftp.hacktic.nl/pub/replay/pub/remailer/premail-0.45.tar.gz For more information see: http://www.c2.net/~raph/premail.html http://www.c2.net/~raph/premail/ premail is covered under the following copyright: # Copyright 1996 Raph Levien <raph@c2.net> # All rights reserved. # # This program is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as # the following conditions are adhered to. # # Copyright remains Raph Levien's, and as such any Copyright notices in # the code are not to be removed. If this package is used in a product, # Raph Levien should be given attribution as the author of the parts of # the program used. This can be in the form of a textual message at # program startup or in documentation (online or textual) provided with # the package. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are # met: # # 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice, # this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # # 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the # documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this # software must display the following acknowledgement: This product # includes software developed by Raph Levien <raph@c2.net>. If more # than one author is so cited, the list may be combined into one # sentence. # # 4. Use and adaptation of small, specific components of this software # is actively encouraged, and is exempt from the requirements above. # # This software is provided by Raph Levien ``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. # # The license and distribution terms for any publically available # version or derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code # cannot simply be copied and put under another distribution license # [including the GNU Public License.] # # The reason behind this being stated in this direct manner is (Eric # Young's) past experience in code simply being copied and the # attribution removed from it and then being distributed as part of # other packages. This implementation was a non-trivial and unpaid # effort.
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