Re: Expat license and "free for academic users"

[Andrius Merkys <merkys@debian.org>]

Hi all,

Thank you for your prompt responses.

On 2023-06-22 17:49, Sam Hartman wrote:
> I mean under xpat, it's certainly free for academic users, and it's also
> free for everyone else.
>
> Unless that statement in the readme is in a section called license or
> otherwise claims to be a license, I'd treat it as xpat and move on with
> life.

The "free to academic users" comment is in "COPYRIGHT & CONTACT" section 
of a readme file.

> Sometimes the best approach to licensing is to take a defensible
> position and not to try and find problems.

Just to clarify: does this mean one should avoid ambiguous licenses?

Best wishes,
Andrius