No subject

The copyright line is used to hold the packaged software's copyright
information. This makes it easy to determine which packages can be =
freely
redistributed, and which cannot.

The copyright line in the spec file has been replaced with the license =
line.=20

As the license tag of the rpm is determined by the (internal) specfile, =
the
published rpm and the COPYRIGHT file indicate different licenses. As the
question sent to Joe Fagan indicates, this leads to confusion.=20

$ rpm -qip syslog-ng-client-3.1beta1-1.rhel5.i386.rpm
warning: syslog-ng-client-3.1beta1-1.rhel5.i386.rpm: Header V4 DSA =
signature:
NOKEY, key ID 2aa28252
Name        : syslog-ng-client             Relocations: (not =
relocatable)
Version     : 3.1beta1                          Vendor: BalaBit IT Ltd.
Release     : 1.rhel5                       Build Date: Wed 02 Dec 2009
12:11:20 PM CET
Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: hapci.balabit
Group       : System Environment/Daemons    Source RPM:
syslog-ng-client-3.1beta1-1.rhel5.src.rpm
Size        : 6718300                          License: BalaBit =
Proprietary
License
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed 02 Dec 2009 12:11:22 PM CET, Key ID
3bdaf86d2aa28252
Packager    : Tamas Pal <folti at balabit.hu>
URL         : http://www.balabit.com
Summary     : Next generation system logging daemon

To avoid any confusion, it is better to change the spec file. It =
requires
little effort :).

Kind regards,

Siem Korteweg

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu
[mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] Namens Balazs Scheidler
Verzonden: maandag 14 december 2009 15:22
Aan: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
Onderwerp: Re: [syslog-ng] Licensing of 3.0.2 OSE ?

On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 14:00 +0000, Fegan, Joe wrote:
> Hi all - A licensing question about syslog-ng was sent to me privately
recently and I thought it would be best to forward it to this list for
comments.
>=20
>=20
> > We have been using syslog-ng-1.6.2 in our product for quite a few =
years
now.
> > We received a case recently on syslog-ng which prompted us to get =
the
newer
> > version of syslog-ng. We took the syslog-ng_3.0.2 open source =
edition and
> > replaced the older one with this.
> >
> > We see that the licensing has changed from GPL to BalaBit =
Proprietary
License
> > since syslog-ng version 3.0.1. The license remains GPL till =
syslog-ng
version
> > 2.1.4.
> >=20
> > My question here is, can we build the newer open source syslog-ng =
which
has
> > the Balabit propriety license and distribute it to our customers as =
part
of
> > our product?
>=20
>=20
> I replied that the COPYING file in the 3.0.2 tarball says GPL, so I =
don't
understand the question. The person's reply was:
>=20

this spec file was since gone and has ever only been used by our
internal build system.

So the OSE is under the GPL as you can see on all .c/.h files

>=20
> > Joe,
> >=20
> > I missed out on mentioning that part to you.
> > The COPYING is GPL. But in the spec file we see the following.
> >=20


--=20
Bazsi

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