Herbert Fortes (hpfn) <h...@ig.com.br> writes: > On version 1.4.0 of the duc package a new file became part of the > software. At a first read I thought it was free. But now I have > doubts.
Thank you for taking care to verify Debian users have free software. > First paragraph: > > "Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a > copy of this software and/or associated documentation files (the > "Materials"), to deal in the Materials without restriction, including > without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, > distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Materials, and to > permit persons to whom the Materials are furnished to do so, subject to > the following conditions:" > > It is define "Materials" as the documentation files only ? That appears to be a custom text by someone who is uncomfortable with using “software” to refer to non-programs. It is otherwise the same as the corresponding paragraph from the Expat license text. My reading of that passage is that “the Materials” refers to “this software and/or associated documentation files”. I think they should just use “software” as in the original, because that term rightly refers to any digitally-encoded information. Either way, the grant is clearly free-software and DFSG-conformant. -- \ “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death | `\ your right to say it.” —Evelyn Beatrice Hall, _The Friends of | _o__) Voltaire_, 1906 | Ben Finney
