Arvind Autar said on Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 09:41:36PM +0100,: > > library is licensed under the Ada Community License. I already found a > > thread which talks about whether it's allowed or not. > > That thread is not clear to me.
The Ada Community License, taken from:- http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200207/msg00744.html Seems to contradict itself in some aspects, and vague in others. Tha thread seems inconclusive. Walter Landry started off thinking it is DFSG free, but later agreed that some ambiguities are there. <beginquote> The Ada Community License Copyright(C) 1997 David G. Weller Permission to redistribute in unmodified form is granted, all other rights reserved. This is a modification of the Perl Artistic License, (c)1989-1991, Larry Wall ------------------------------------------------------------ Preamble The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which the Ada library may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some semblance of artistic control over its development, while giving Ada users the right to use and distribute the Ada library in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make reasonable modifications. 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