Status of ICQ-related apps in Fedora.
by Peter Lemenkov
Hello All!
It seems, that *all* 3rd party software, which is should connect to
ICQ networks for normal operation, violates their EULA (or urges users
to violate EULA). Thus, keeping in mind, that there is no way to use
ICQ-related software w/o explicitly violating their license agreement,
and there are many other open alternatives (and even proprietary
systems, which permits 3rd party applications), I think that software,
designed to work with explicit requirement to be connected to ICQ
network, should be considered as unacceptable for inclusion into
Fedora (exept thiose titles, who has explicit permission from ICQ LLC
for connecting and interoperating with their network). Any opinions?
http://www.icq.com/legal/end-user-license.html
"You agree not to (1) create or use any software other than the
Software provided by ICQ or by America Online, Inc., or any affiliate
thereof, to enter your ICQ number and password or to access the ICQ
Services, without the express written authorization of ICQ; (2)
extract information from the ICQ Services, reverse engineer,
decompile, disassemble, alter, duplicate, make copies, create
derivative works from, distribute or provide others with the Software,
the ICQ communications protocol or any information available on,
derived or extracted from the ICQ Services, or any part thereof; (3)
block, disable or otherwise affect any advertising, advertisement
banner window, links to other sites and services, or other features
that constitute an integral part of the Software and ICQ Services; (4)
connect, use, attempt to connect or use in any way the ICQ Services,
for any commercial purpose and any other purpose that is not for your
private personal use in good faith and as explicitly offered on the
ICQ Web site; and (5) incorporate, integrate or otherwise include the
Software or any portion thereof (including the ICQ communications
protocols) into any software, program or product that communicates,
accesses, or otherwise connects with the ICQ Service or any other
instant messaging, Internet, or online service."
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With best regards, Peter Lemenkov.
13 years, 12 months
Open Market/FastCGI license
by Jason L Tibbitts III
The following license (from the FCGI perl module) looks to be mostly
MIT, but with a couple of extra bits. I'm pretty sure this is still
free, but I'm not sure it can still be considered to be MIT. Could I
get a clarification? We ship our stock perl package with a soft
dependency on the FCGI module, so I found it odd that we don't already
ship it. I hope it's not due to this license.
=========
This FastCGI application library source and object code (the
"Software") and its documentation (the "Documentation") are
copyrighted by Open Market, Inc ("Open Market"). The following terms
apply to all files associated with the Software and Documentation
unless explicitly disclaimed in individual files.
Open Market permits you to use, copy, modify, distribute, and license
this Software and the Documentation for any purpose, provided that
existing copyright notices are retained in all copies and that this
notice is included verbatim in any distributions. No written
agreement, license, or royalty fee is required for any of the
authorized uses. Modifications to this Software and Documentation may
be copyrighted by their authors and need not follow the licensing
terms described here. If modifications to this Software and
Documentation have new licensing terms, the new terms must be clearly
indicated on the first page of each file where they apply.
OPEN MARKET MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE
SOFTWARE OR THE DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN
NO EVENT SHALL OPEN MARKET BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE OR THE
DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR
LOST DATA, EVEN IF OPEN MARKET HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS".
OPEN MARKET HAS NO LIABILITY IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THIS SOFTWARE OR THE DOCUMENTATION.
=========
- J<
13 years, 12 months