On 5/01/2010 2:21 PM, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Chris Cason wrote:
>> On 3/01/2010 7:14 AM, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>>> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>>>> It is:
>>>> http://packages.debian.org/experimental/povray
>>>> 
>>>> And indeed it gets patched to remove the expiration.
>>>> 
>>>> Doesn't this violate the POV-Ray beta restrictions in every possible
>>>> way? I'll consult debian-legal, but I'd like an "opinion" from the
>>>> POV-Team first.
>>> 
>>> I have now reported it to debian-legal and to the Debian bugtracker:
>>> 
>>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=563344
>>> 
>> If they follow the source modification instructions on the source download
>> page then I'd probably be OK with it.
> 
> I'm sure you'll have to be more specific/formal for it to matter; pretend 
> you're talking to a lawyer :)
> 
> What source modification instructions on what page? That modifications have 
> to be dual-licensed with GPL3? That's the only relevant "instruction" I 
> found on the webpages.
> 
> OK with what? With them redistributing POV betas? OK with distributing 
> source code too? OK with disabling the hard-limit on beta expiration?
> 

I guess what I mean is that if they did formally request permission I'd be
prepared to consider it, depending on how they're doing it.

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