Re: Change in ispell's copyright -> nonfree?
Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:
> But I think including the URL in the package description would satisfy
> the license.
I think that still wouldn't satisfy the license, because it would not
be rendered as a hyperlink (I assume).
Also, our ftp sites allow ispell to be downloaded as a separate
entity, and we have no way to satisfy this license there. Or am I
reading too much into this?
* 4. Any web site or other electronic service that offers ispell for
* download or other electronic transfer as a separate entity, in
* either source or binary form, must also include a prominent statement
* indicating that information about ispell can be obtained from the
* following Web site URL:
* http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell.html
* If the offering service supports hyperlinks, the aforementioned
* Web site must also be offered as a hyperlink. Condition #4 does
* not apply if ispell is offered only as part of a larger, aggregated
* product such as a word processor or packaged operating system.
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