VeraCrypt Team:
> Hi,
Hi again Mounir,
> We have no problem to give the rights to use VeraCrypt name to Tails,
> "VeraCrypt Mounter" and all their derivatives provided that the
> following terms are respected:
>
> - Derivatives must not be commercial products. A dedicated
> commercial license is available from IDRIX.
We want Tails to follow the Debian Free Software Guidelines [1] and
these require no "discrimination against fields of endeavor" (aka, 1st
free software freedom: unlimited use for any purpose).
[1]:
https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
Limiting the use of VeraCrypt Mounter to non-commercial purposes would
prevent us from including it in Debian and would lower the freedom
people have when using Tails (eg. if someone wanted to sell
pre-installed Tails USB sticks).
So we came up with a solution that doesn't require specific trademark
licensing agreement with IDRIX:
- Change the icon to not reuse any part of the VeraCrypt icon.
- Rename our application to "Unlock VeraCrypt Volumes".
- Add the disclaimer that you requested.
You will be able to see all this in action in Tails 3.9, to be released
tomorrow.
> - There should be a clear indication to users that the software
> provided by Tails, "VeraCrypt Mounter" and their derivatives are not
> linked in any way to the VeraCrypt project or to IDRIX, and that all
> support requests should be addressed to the authors of "Tails",
> "VeraCrypt Mounter" and their derivatives.
We'll do that too.
Thanks Mounir for helping us navigate this issue!
--
sajolida
