Matthew Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in comp.os.linux.announce:
New Copyleft License
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Bowerbird Computing has released version 1.0 of the New Copyleft License
(NCL). This license is intended for programmers working on projects
that do not lend themselves to offering consulting services (such as
home user programes like games, genealogy programmes etc).
Hobby programmers and those able to offer consulting services should
use the GNU GPL/LGPL instead, as the code in NCL'ed works is not available
to GPL programmers untill two years after the release of the code. The
code is available for use, it just has to be licensed under the
NCL for the first two years, after which time the NCL expires and the
programme is then licensed to the user under the terms of the GNU
GPL/LGPL.
For a full copy of the license see:
http://www.bowerbird.com.au/NCL
--
Matthew Parry
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<URL:http://www.bowerbird.com.au/>
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"There now, didn't I tell you to keep a good count? Well,
there's and end of the story. God knows there's no going on
with it now." - Sancho Panza.
I haven't read the license but it might be wise to know if we can
consider it DFSG free or not before the first package using it arrives.
It may be also a good idea to set up a web page that describes why
we don't consider it as DFSG free if we don't do, so maintainers
can point to that address.
Regards,
Joey
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