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Tue, 31 May 2005

Ubuntu-ja license violation suspicions

I've noticed http://www.ubuntulinux.jp/ , Ubuntu-ja project. It distributes unofficial ubuntu 5.04 Japanese install CD image. It's nice, but I feel anxious about their distribution.

According the "Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Japanese install CD image", it provides some software that I suspect as non-free. You can find them at http://archive.ubuntulinux.jp/ubuntu-ja/hoary-ja/

I'm happy if someone dispel these license violation suspicions...

[21:53] | [debian/legal] | # | TB| G


Unfortunately, I do not understand Japanese, but on the main webpage, it has the disclaimer

"Provides install helper for following packages(not including binary package on this CD image)."

Which leads me to believe there is no license violation here. (Debian itself has used installer-helper packages like these for a long time.)
Posted by Dave Ahlswede at Thu Jun 2 06:53:51 2005

If they distribute installer package, it's ok.
But hey distribute package modified as deb on their apt line.
Posted by ukai at Thu Jun 2 11:33:22 2005


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