peter karlsson wrote: pk> Hi!
Hi, pk> I just want to ask the experts whether or not this license is DFSG free pk> or not. I'm not an expert at all, but I can perhaps help you. pk> To me, it looks that way, but I just want to make sure: These licenses are very simple, and I think it's not hard to find if they're DFSG-free or not. Just very the nine points: Free Redistribution Source Code Derived Works Integrity of The Author's Source Code No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor Distribution of License License Must Not Be Specific to Debian License Must Not Contaminate Other Software That's to learn by heart :-) pk> ===[ cut ]=== pk> This is the copyright notice for RA65, LINK65, LIBR65, and other pk> Atari 8-bit programs. Said programs are Copyright 1989, by John R. pk> Dunning. All rights reserved, with the following exceptions: pk> Anyone may copy or redistribute these programs, provided that: pk> 1: You don't charge anything for the copy. It is permissable to pk> charge a nominal fee for media, etc. I'm not sure, but I think this doesn't respect the Free Distribution point, the first in DFSG. It's said that [ the license] "may not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software". Here, you can't sell it, so it's not DFSG-compliant. IMHO. [cut] pk> ===[ cut ]=== pk> And also this, that covers another part of the program: [cut] It seems to respect all the points of the DFSG. So, it's free software. But that's just my opinion. pk> Please Cc me since I'm not subscribed to the list. Thanks in advance, pk> -- pk> \\// pk> peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ pk> Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: pk> http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter/reklampost.html Correct me if I'm wrong, -- mmenal ____ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ __ __ / ___| ___ _ _ | | ( )_ __ _ ___ __ | | (o- \ \/ /(_)\ \/ / _ \ | | _ /'_ \| | | | | | | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / | | /\ \ / | | \ / | __/ | |_| | | | | |_| | | |__| | | | | |_| |> < |_| L_/_ \/ |_| \/ \___| \_____|_| |_|\__,_/ |____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ (_) ______________________________________________________________________________ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
