[krbdev.mit.edu #8954] license unclarity

[Greg Troxel via RT]

Thu Oct 08 02:14:31 2020: Request 8954 was acted upon.
 Transaction: Ticket created by gdt at lexort.com
       Queue: krb5
     Subject: license unclarity
       Owner: Nobody
  Requestors: gdt at lexort.com
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: https://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8954 >



In pkgsrc, we do not have a LICENSE= statement about MIT Kerberos.  I
went to figure out what license applied and found:

In the AES section of NOTICE

   The free distribution and use of this software in both source and
   binary form is allowed (with or without changes) provided that:

This appears to prohibit distribution for a fee, perhaps even precluding
inclusion on a CDROM sold for $10.

Is that intended?


So this bug report is one of:

  Kerberos is non-Free but this is not clearly stated up front as a
  summary in NOTICE.

  The text in NOTICE about AES isn't right.

  something else complicated I didn't express, but that likely others
  will get wrong to.


Thanks,
Greg

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