-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Marco d'Itri wrote:
>[Please Cc: me, I'm not subscribed to this list.] > >Can somebody confirm that clause 5 is allowed by of DFSG and OSD (on >the web site the authors states this is open source software)? > > > > > COPYRIGHT FILE FOR DIABLO > > This entire archive, except for pieces explicitly labeled with another > copyright, is (c)Copyright 1996-1999, Matthew Dillon. > > Some portions Copyright (C) 1998-2000 by Joe Greco and sol.net Network > Services. Portions not bearing explicit conditions for redistribution > and use are distributed under the terms described in this file. > > Some portions Copyright (C) 2000-2001 by Russell Vincent. > Portions not bearing explicit conditions for redistribution > and use are distributed under the terms described in this file. > >Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without >modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions >are met: >1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. >2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. >3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software > must display the following acknowledgment: >This product includes UNIX software developed by Matthew Dillon and other >contributors. >4. Neither Matthew Dillon's name nor the names of other contributors > may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software > without specific prior written permission. 4-clause BSD at this point... >5. When this software or any work derived from this software is used in a > commercial product or bundled with a commercial product, the vendor must > also produce the program this software is derived from for either the Linux > or FreeBSD operating systems. The Linux or FreeBSD version of the product > must be sold for substantially the same amount of money as the product > for other platforms, and the Linux or FreeBSD releases must be kept up to > date with the releases for other platforms. Skating the thin line here. Discrimination by adding an obligation. However, additional obligations do not necessarily put it in non-free. Debian's in the clear, that's for certain. I'd say offhand that they're on the right side of the line, but just BARELY... >THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, >INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND >FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL MATTHEW >DILLON OR OTHER CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, > SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; > OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, > WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR >OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED > OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Typical disclaimer of warranty.... > > - -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBOsKiyh9mehuYcOjMEQIgTwCgpTD/Z1DLHWKzOOPvE6wrEtLhxYgAnR7s L1AxdaODpuhoboZMqFK2+l/A =6pwE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
