Re: Is this "license" DFSG free?

[Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>]

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Jeff Noxon wrote:

> Background: I'm packaging an assembler and programmer for Atmel's AVR
> microcontroller chips.  I wanted to put the assembler include files in
> the package.  These files do not include a copyright notice.
>
> I've attached my correspondence with Atmel.
>
> If this is OK, do I include this correspondence in the package?
>
> Thanks for any pointers,

i think it is non-free because it doesn't allow anyone to charge a fee
for the files. this violates paragraph 1 of the DFSG. and possibly para
6. and maybe para 9.

practically, it probably makes little or no difference. but by my
reading of policy, it fails the DFSG test so has to go in non-free.

craig

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craig sanders