Re: Crack license, is it free?
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 11:20:05AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> >
> > The give away here may be problematic, however see below:
> > > 5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
> > > Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this Package.
> > > YOU MAY NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR THIS PACKAGE ITSELF. However, you may
> > > distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly commercial)
> > > programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software distribution
> > > provided that YOU DO NOT ADVERTISE this package as a product of your
> > > own.
> >
> > This is decidedly not DFSG free, it can go in non-free but it can't go
> > in main.
>
> This is all just straight out of the Artistic License. DFSG 1 only says
> that you can't prohibit selling software as a component of a
> distribution, not that you can't prohibit charging for the package
> itself.
>
Yes, from the Artistic License:
5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However,
you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly
commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software
distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a
product of your own. You may embed this Package's interpreter within
an executable of yours (by linking); this shall be construed as a mere
form of aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the
interpreter is so embedded.
Javi
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