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Bug#234477: ITP: logsurfer+ -- real-time system log monitor
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| Sean Finney 2004-02-24, 12:33 am |
| Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
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* Package name : logsurfer+
Version : 1.6a
Upstream Author : Kerry Thompson <kerry@crypt.gen.nz>
* URL : http://www.crypt.gen.nz/logsurfer/
* License : (GPL + Required Copyright Disclaimer)
Description : real-time system log monitor
logsurfer is a program for monitoring system logs in real-time, and
reporting on the occurrence of events. it is similar to the well-known
swatch program on which it is based, but offers a number of advanced
features which swatch does not support. logsurfer is written in C,
which makes it extremely efficient, and is an important factor when sites
generate a high amount of log traffic.
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| Sean Finney 2004-02-24, 12:33 am |
| hi -devel,
i have a question about the licensing:
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:46:52PM -0500, Sean Finney wrote:
> * License : (GPL + Required Copyright Disclaimer)
the original source code was distributed with the following disclaimer:
/ ****************************************
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* Copyright 1995-1999 by DFN-CERT. All rights reserved.
*
* This material was originally written and compiled by Wolfgang Ley and
* Uwe Ellermann at the DFN-CERT, Germany, in 1995-96
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* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that this entire copyright notice is duplicated in all such
* copies.
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* This software is provided "as is" and without any expressed or implied
* warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of
* merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose.
****************************************
********************************/
however, it's also built against the gnu regexp library, which is GPL'd.
am i right in assuming that the software is then implicitly under
the GPL? i've spoken with the upstream, and he has no obligations to
his modifications being distributed under the same terms, whatever they
may be.
thanks for any input,
sean
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| Rob Weir 2004-02-25, 10:33 am |
| On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 12:07:28AM -0500, Sean Finney said
> hi -devel,
cc'ing to -legal, m-f-t set appropriately.
> i have a question about the licensing:
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:46:52PM -0500, Sean Finney wrote:
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> the original source code was distributed with the following disclaimer:
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> / ****************************************
********************************
> * Copyright 1995-1999 by DFN-CERT. All rights reserved.
> *
> * This material was originally written and compiled by Wolfgang Ley and
> * Uwe Ellermann at the DFN-CERT, Germany, in 1995-96
> *
> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
> * provided that this entire copyright notice is duplicated in all such
> * copies.
This doesn't provide permission to distribute modified versions, and so
doesn't comply with the DFSG.
> however, it's also built against the gnu regexp library, which is GPL'd.
> am i right in assuming that the software is then implicitly under
> the GPL?
No, the above license is also incompatible with the GPL (since you don't
have the right to distribute modified versions), which means you can't
distribute it at all (even in non-free).
> i've spoken with the upstream, and he has no obligations to
> his modifications being distributed under the same terms, whatever they
> may be.
You'll need to get them to grant permission to distribute modified
copies; re-licensing it under the 3-clause BSD or MIT/X licenses (which
are both DFSG-free and GPL-compatible) would work, and sound like they
do what upstream wants, anyway.
Note this line:
* Copyright 1995-1999 by DFN-CERT. All rights reserved.
"DFN-CERT" has to re-license the software, Wolfgang Ley and Uwe
Ellermann do not hold the copyright and thus cannot re-license it.
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