Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-11 Thread Joe Smith
"Niko Tyni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fine. So, as I understand, the only possible problem is documentation, since the license doesn't explicitly give permission to modify it or distribute modified versions. It's only speaking of 'the code'. All the documentat

Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-08 Thread Niko Tyni
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 03:18:00PM -0500, Joe Smith wrote: > >[1] http://www.eblong.com/zarf/glk/ > > Ah. Zarf. Quite a fascinating fellow. :) Right :) > >The source code in this package is copyright 1998-9 by Andrew Plotkin. You > >may copy and distribute it freely, by any means and under any

Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-06 Thread Joe Smith
"MJ Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think this is trying to be a shorter licence with the same effect as the Artistic - you may edit it, but must change the name. I'd say it follows the DFSG (integrity of source allows name changes), but I have one doubt: if

Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-05 Thread Joe Smith
"Niko Tyni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] http://www.eblong.com/zarf/glk/ Ah. Zarf. Quite a fascinating fellow. :) The source code in this package is copyright 1998-9 by Andrew Plotkin. You may copy and distribute it freely, by any means and under any condi

Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-05 Thread MJ Ray
Niko Tyni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The source code in this package is copyright 1998-9 by Andrew Plotkin. You > may copy and distribute it freely, by any means and under any conditions, > as long as the code and documentation is not changed. You may also > incorporate this code into your ow

Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-05 Thread Niko Tyni
Hi, I'm packaging a set of Glk user interface libraries [1], which are distributed under a custom license, included below. In my limited understanding this is both DFSG-free and GPL-compatible, but I'd like to be sure about this. The libraries are going to be linked against GPL- and BSD-licensed c