Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el

[Clément Pit-Claudel]

On 1/4/21 12:55 PM, Vasilij Schneidermann wrote:
>> Are you equating "free" with "GPL-compatible", or did I miss something
>> about nmap? (Last time I checked, nmap was FLOSS)
> 
> While the evaluation is terse, it is warranted: nmap is listed as GPL2
> in my package manager for some reason, but happens to use a custom
> license based on the GPL2: https://nmap.org/npsl/
> 
> One of the listed goals is "Prohibit redistribution and use of Nmap
> within proprietary hardware and software products." This most likely
> violates the four freedoms and thereby makes it GPL-incompatible.

Yes, but GPL-compatibility isn't what we were debating, is it?  The claim was 
that nmap is non-free.