There is one more thing to consider. That's the use of common sense. Something for an 8-bit Atari that is copyright 1989?! The 8-bit Ataris were long out of production in 1989. I'd take a good look at the originality of the copyright in that case. The copyright date and the presumed date of use are off by at least 5 years. How did these programs get promulgated when the 300/600 were new-ish? I'm betting you can find a PD copy that predates the copyright date.
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Manuel Menal wrote: > 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 ? gagner sur i(france) ! > Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif > > > > -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
