On 22-8-2004 14:58, "Andrew Suffield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:51:39PM +0200, Igor Stroh wrote: >> could someone check this licence[1]? I believe it's somewhat BSD-like, >> but I'm not quite sure. It's the licence of python-gtk2-tutorial. Since >> there's no description of what kind of licence this actually is, I'm afraid >> the ftp-masters won't like it... > > This is a GPL-incompatible, copyleft, DFSG-free license. In other > respects it is a MIT clone, not a BSD one; this is essentially a > copyleft MIT license. Out of curiousity: What makes a licence GPL-compatible? In particular, why is this one not? I understand if it places additional restrictions the GPL does not have. But I didn't spot it here. That the upstream author does not like the GPL: OK, can do. However, writing hist own licence is indeed strongly discoureaged. There is so much already out there. Look at: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html Regards, Freek
