Re: Financial Restrictions (Was Re: teTeX Documentation Licenses (A), (D) & (H))

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:

> Right.  Let me rephrase it bit.  Their license says:
> 
>  Permission is granted to reproduce the document in any way providing
>  that it is distributed for free, except for any reasonable charges for
>  printing, distribution, staff time, etc.
> 
> which sounds like the Artistic license's 
> 
>  "Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the basis of
>   media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved, and so on"
> 
> e.g. both sound vague enough to me to drive a truck through.  I don't
> think we can reasonably say this one is non-free without saying the same
> about the Artistic license.  This is just one of those points I'd like
> to see clarified in a new version of the DFSG.

Except that the Artistic License author also said "it's fine with me
if you drive a truck through here".  That's the difference.

And, he amended the license.


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