non-free. > The INRIA and the ENPC authorize you free of charge to circulate > and distribute for no charge, for non-commercial purposes the source ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > and/or object code of DERIVED SOFTWARE on any present and future > support, providing: and > d) Any commercial use or circulation of the DERIVED SOFTWARE shall > have been previously authorized by INRIA and ENPC.
Violates DFSG 6.No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor Martin Quinson said: > Hello, > > A new version of Scilab (a matlab-like program) is out, and they claim this > version to be free. (for now, it is in the non-free part of debian) > > Extract from the announcement: > > | Others improvements > | ------------------- > | A more explicit "free licence". It is no longer required to send back > | any notice. > > [...] > > | Is it really free? > | ------------------- > | > | Yes it is. Scilab is not distributed under GPL or other standard free > | software copyrights, but Scilab is an Open Source Software as stated > | precisely in the Copyright file licence.txt. > > This file is available online at the adress: > > http://www-rocq.inria.fr/scilab/license.txt > > I would like to have your input on the DFSG complience of this licence. Some > points are not so clear to me, but I far from being an expert of theses kind > of questions. > > Thanks for telling me what you think of this licence. > > Bye, Mt. > jeff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone:603.930.9739 fax:978.446.9470 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thought for today: DPer /dee-pee-er/ n. Data Processor. Hackers are absolutely amazed that suits use this term self-referentially. Computers process data, not people! See DP.