Thomas Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, thanks to all repliers, unfortunately the useful answer to my > question has missed. You're replies don't really help me, so if someone > finds the time to give me a short answer what I should do, then I would > be happy. Otherwise I rely on the statements of Rob Lanphier and put the > helix stuff into main.
It's non-free, but appears distributable -- though more on that later. It claims to restrict use of the software, which is non-Free. It restricts how lawsuits can happen between those bound by the license, which is also non-Free. And it requires that "externally deployed" code be distributed -- so if I use it to set up some big televisions showing data provided through this system, I have to provide all my modifications despite the fact that nobody but me gets to see the network -- just lots of people looking at the TVs. That isn't *clearly* non-free. There are people here who will argue that it is OK. But there are a lot of people here who think that is non-free, and have moderately compelling arguments. Fortunately, from a rhetorical point of view, there are enough other problems with this license that it is clearly non-free. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
