Subject: Bug#251983: libcwd: QPL license is non-free; package should not be in main
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.rc
Date: 2004-05-31 23:47:24 GMT (5 years, 36 weeks, 1 day, 18 hours and 31 minutes ago)
Package: libcwd
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.2.1
Debian-legal does not consider the QPL to be a free license, because of at
least two non-free restrictions.
(6c) requires forced distribution of modifications, which is onerous to
isolated developers:
c. If the items are not available to the general public, and the
initial developer of the Software requests a copy of the items,
then you must supply one.
And there's a choice of venue clause, which is onerous to anyone who doesn't
live in Amsterdam:
Disputes shall be settled by Amsterdam City Court.