Re: Bug#639916: spread: license wackiness

2011-08-31 Thread Hendrik Weimer
Ken Arromdee writes: > Unlike the original BSD 4 clause license this adds "or software that uses > this software". > > If I interpret this broadly (all software that uses this software must > display the sentence) it's non-free, since it imposes conditions on > non-derived software that happens t

Re: Bug#639916: spread: license wackiness

2011-08-31 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:07:56 -0700 (PDT) Ken Arromdee wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2011, Francesco Poli wrote: > >> "3. All advertising materials (including web pages) mentioning > >> features or use of this software, or software that uses this software, > >> must display the following acknowledgment

Re: Bug#639916: spread: license wackiness

2011-08-31 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:31:59 +0100 Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 07:28:03PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:50:27 +0100 Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > > > Package: spread > > > Severity: serious > > > > > > "3. All advertising materials (including web pag

Re: Bug#639916: spread: license wackiness

2011-08-31 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011, Francesco Poli wrote: "3. All advertising materials (including web pages) mentioning features or use of this software, or software that uses this software, must display the following acknowledgment: "This product uses software developed by Spread Concepts LLC for use in th

Re: Bug#639916: spread: license wackiness

2011-08-31 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:50:27 +0100 Andrew Suffield wrote: > Package: spread > Severity: serious > > "3. All advertising materials (including web pages) mentioning > features or use of this software, or software that uses this software, > must display the following acknowledgment: "This product

Bug#639916: spread: license wackiness

2011-08-31 Thread Andrew Suffield
Package: spread Severity: serious "3. All advertising materials (including web pages) mentioning features or use of this software, or software that uses this software, must display the following acknowledgment: "This product uses software developed by Spread Concepts LLC for use in the Spread t