Re: license for eSvn

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:40:10PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> | eSvn License for Unix platforms:
> |
> | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 
> | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 
> | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or 
> | (at your  option) any later version.  This program is distributed in 
> | the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without 
> | even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
> | PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> |
> | See the GNU General Public License for more details.
> 
> This is almost free, but it doesn't permit porting to non-Unix
> platforms under a free license (which clearly restricts modification).
> It seems that this isn't merely an accident.  From the non-free
> non-UNIX license:
> 
> | 4. The source code is the creative property of the authors.
> |    Extensions and development under the terms of the Gnu Public License
> |    are limited to the Unix platform. Any distribution or compilation of 
> |    the source code against libraries licensed other than gpl requires 
> |    the written permission of the authors.
> 
> This is a bit similar to the non-free Motif license that was
> restricted to open-source operating systems.  It looks as if the
> authors want to prevent others from releasing a version for a certain
> proprietary operating system.

Still, it only applies to the not linked with GPLed Qt case, so should be
ignorable for us, right ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther