Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> writes:
> I did not wdiff(1) it, but it definitely sounds like a word-for-word
> copy of second GNU Lesser GPL to me. :-)
To the extent that text is derived from the GNU LGPL, it is a copyright
violation:
Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. […]
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
<URL:https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>
Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. […]
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.
So, as a separate matter, it appears the distributors of
IUPAC/InChi-Trust License are in violation of copyright law.
This would AFAICT include any redistributor, which would preclude having
the work in Debian.
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