Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a question about a software license. The software in question > is not packaged for Debian.
Can you tell us what the software is and where it can be found? > Is the following license a free software license (by the defn of the > DFSG)? The license isn't measured against the DFSG; the software work is. > It looks to me like a BSD style license, but I'm not an expert. If > not, what is problematic about it? > > Please cc me at the above email address. Thanks. Faheem. Done. > ************************************************************************ > Copyright (c) 2007, Patrick Kranzlmueller (vonautomatisch > werkstaetten), All rights reserved. The "All rights reserved" is confusing (since they then go on to *un*-reserve many of those same rights) and is usually regarded as legally null. Probably best if it were dropped, to let the grant of license be clearer. > Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are > met > : > > 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following > disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above > copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer > in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the > distribution. 3. Neither the name of FileBrowser nor the names of its > contributors may be used to endorse or prom ote products derived from > this software without specific prior written permission. These are the (badly-formatted; did you mis-paste this from somewhere?) conditions of a 3-clause BSD-style license. Works under these terms grant all the required freedoms under the DFSG. > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" > [...] If they're going to swipe a 3-clause BSD-style license and substitute "FileBrowser" above, they should also replace "REGENTS" in this disclaimer (it appears twice). With the caveats mentioned above, a work licensed under these terms would be DFSG-free in my opinion. -- \ "In the long run, the utility of all non-Free software | `\ approaches zero. All non-Free software is a dead end." —Mark | _o__) Pilgrim, 2006 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
