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Re: Question on gnuplot licensing and why it is in main



On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 09:36:02 +0000 Henning Makholm wrote:

> Scripsit "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net>
[...]
> >   *   3. provide your name and address as the primary contact for
> >   *    the support of your modified version, and
[...]
> 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.

Yes, patch-only licenses are allowed by DFSG.

The above quoted clause worries me a bit, though.
Identifying yourself seems to be a necessary condition for distributing modified binaries...
Does this pass the Dissident test?

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