On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 10:56:13AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-05-03 15:24:00 +0100 Claus Färber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Rememer that an "ad-clause" usually does not render a work non-free, > > just incompatible with the GPL. [...] > > An "ad-clause" usually applies to documentation or advertising > supplied with the software, not the software package itself, and only > requires attribution not a large advert. It sails very close to the > wind, but doesn't quite fall over.
Any required-advertising clause that makes any imposition on wholly independent and original works is non-free. -- G. Branden Robinson | I suspect Linus wrote that in a Debian GNU/Linux | complicated way only to be able to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | have that comment in there. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Lars Wirzenius
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