Re: Question on gnuplot licensing and why it is in main
Scripsit "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net>
> * Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right to
> * distribute the complete modified source code. Modifications are to
> * be distributed as patches to the released version. Permission to
> * distribute binaries produced by compiling modified sources is granted,
> * provided you
> * 1. distribute the corresponding source modifications from the
> * released version in the form of a patch file along with the binaries,
> * 2. add special version identification to distinguish your version
> * in addition to the base release version number,
> * 3. provide your name and address as the primary contact for the
> * support of your modified version, and
> * 4. retain our contact information in regard to use of the base
> * software.
> * Permission to distribute the released version of the source code along
> * with corresponding source modifications in the form of a patch file is
> * granted with same provisions 2 through 4 for binary distributions.
> This seems very similar to the pine and qmail licenses
No, because the quoted license explicitly allows the distribution of
binaries built from modified sources. That kind of patch-clause
licenses is specifically blessed by DFSG #4.
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