On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:42:08 -0400 Joey Hess wrote: > znc contains a Csocket file with this license. I wonder if the > requirement that source code must be made available for no more than > "a nominal fee" is acceptable. [...]
The license you quoted seems to be identical to the so-called "Sleepycat Software Product License", apart from a "BY SLEEPYCAT SOFTWARE" cut out. It even mentions SLEEPYCAT SOFTWARE in the disclaimer. Please note that this license covers some packages already in main: for instance <http://packages.debian.org/libdb4.4>. Hence, if we conclude that there are some issues with the license in question, those same issues seem to affect other packages already in main: I think this license is worth a careful review... -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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