Re: OpenPBS license revisited
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:49:41PM +0000, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org>
>
> > [skipping the non-applicable clauses]
>
> Beware. http://www.openpbs.org/license.html does not exempt the two
> first clauses anymore. Of course that does not affect old sources that
> someone may genuinely have received under the older license text, but
> taking care in what one does would be recommended.
>
> > > 3. Any Redistribution of source code must retain the above copyright notice
> > > and the acknowledgment contained in paragraph 6, this list of conditions
> > > and the disclaimer contained in paragraph 7.
>
> > Advertising clause.
>
> This is not an advertising clause. It just says that you must not
> remove copyright notices. That is unproblematic, as is clause 4 (snipped).
"and the acknowledgement contained in paragraph 6". OK, so it's a pointer
to an advertisement, but I don't program in languages with explicit pointers
much any more.
> > > all modifications and additions to the Software must be freely
> > > redistributable by any party (including Licensor) without
> > > restriction.
>
> > Oops. I think we just hit non-DFSG-free territory. As I read it
> > (and I may be overly paranoid here)
>
> I don't think you're paranoid either; my reaction is similar to yours.
Do you concur on my suggested remedy, replacing 'without restriction' with
'under terms identical to this licence'?
- Matt
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