On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:40:10PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > | eSvn License for Unix platforms: > | > | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or > | (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in > | the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without > | even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A > | PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > | > | See the GNU General Public License for more details. > > This is almost free, but it doesn't permit porting to non-Unix > platforms under a free license (which clearly restricts modification). > It seems that this isn't merely an accident. From the non-free > non-UNIX license: > > | 4. The source code is the creative property of the authors. > | Extensions and development under the terms of the Gnu Public License > | are limited to the Unix platform. Any distribution or compilation of > | the source code against libraries licensed other than gpl requires > | the written permission of the authors. > > This is a bit similar to the non-free Motif license that was > restricted to open-source operating systems. It looks as if the > authors want to prevent others from releasing a version for a certain > proprietary operating system.
Still, it only applies to the not linked with GPLed Qt case, so should be ignorable for us, right ? Friendly, Sven Luther
