On 7 Aug 2009, at 21:42, Paul Sladen <ubu...@paul.sladen.org> wrote: > On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, James Milligan wrote: >> License: > > A bit of Googling suggests to me it's likely something called > Novaboard, and > the scrapped from the cache, the licence is: > > Please read the following terms & conditions carefully as they set > out > what you can and can not do with this software unless explicity > stated by > the developers of NovaBoard. > > 1. You agree that you will not amend contents of this forum > software, > repackage it and distribute it to others unless specified > elsewhere in > this agreement or when consent is given by the developers of this > software. > > Basically, not open-source; but it grants "the developers" infinite > freedom. > > 2. You understand that you are able to create modifications for this > software and distribute only the modification code and the > instructions to install the modification. > > Like Pine was for years; you can distribute it, and the patches to > let the > user combine them, but not ship the two combined. > > 3. You understand that you are able to create themes and/or custom > styles > for this software, and that you am hereby given permission to > use any > of the original images and styles used in the NovaBoard Default > folder > or default images folder for inclusion in your own themes > should you > wish to use them. > > Grammar fail. > > 4. You agree that you will not remove the link to the NovaBoard > website > that is included in the footer. > > BSD four-clause hell. > > 5. You agree that if you use this forum software for illegal > activites > (as defined in the state or country in which you reside, or the > state > or country in which the server that hosts your server > resides) NovaBoard and/or it's developers will not be held > liable for > any legal action taken. > > Definately DFSG non-free as it restricts uses to only legit > activities... > > If you *are* "one of the developers", you appear to be able to give > yourself > consent under item 1.---and therefore give yourself consent to > relicence it > under something even vagely open. > > If you're not "one of the developers", then that's another piece of > potentially useful proprietary software that just died. > > IANAL, > > -Paul > -- > Why do one side of a triangle when you can do all three. Somewhere, > GB.
Very nicely worked out - yes, NovaBoard is the software I'm referring to. So effectively I /can/ relicence it to opensource (or the developers etc) and relaunch it? Sounds good enough to me! James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
