Comment 3 for bug 58917

These bugs deserve a note on them why they aren't fixed yet.

It is not possible for me to package the new BitTorrent (anything 4.0
or beyond) because of restrictions of the new license. There are
basically two problems with it:
   1) The license has a "choice of venue" clause which requires that
      everyone submit to the laws of California, which fails the DFSG.
      This doesn't bother me too much, I would just package it into
      non-free.
   2) The license requires that versions be available for 6 months
      after they are offered. This is something we don't require
      our mirror network to adhere to and we can't really ensure in
      general even though snapshot.debian.net exists.

Currently the authors have agreed by email to remove the problem
clause with choice of venue but have not agreed to remove the "keep
old versions around" clause.

For more info on the discussion of the new license:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/04/msg00008.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/03/msg00181.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/04/msg00053.html

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