On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 05:46:58PM -0500, Kevin J. Kalupson wrote: > Checking the license on some software the I would like to add. > Does this copyright meet the debian requirements. I'm thinking this package > would end up in "non-free" if it does qualify.
> /*********** Copyright Notice *************/ > The ARB software and documentation are not in the public domain. > External functions used by ARB are the proporty of, their respective > authors. This release of the ARB program and documentation may not > be sold, or incorporated into a commercial product, in whole or in > part without the expressed written consent of the Technical > University of Munich and of its supervisors > Oliver Strunk & Wolfgang Ludwig. > All interested parties may redistribute the ARB as > long as all copies are accompanied by this > documentation, and all copyright notices remain > intact. Parties interested in redistribution must do > so on a non-profit basis, charging only for cost of > media. > /*********** Disclaimer *************/ > THE AUTHORS OF ARB GIVE NO WARRANTIES, > EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED FOR THE SOFTWARE AND > DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED, INCLUDING, > BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTY OF > MERCHANTABILITY AND WARRANTY OF > FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Because this license prohibits commercial redistribution, the license is unambiguously non-free. It does allow non-commercial redistribution, so it can be uploaded to non-free. In the future, please send licensing questions to debian-legal. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
