Copyright question
I'm not sure if this copyright statement conforms to Debian's definition
of free software. Any ideas?
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>
> Credits and license terms
>
> gd 1.2 is copyright 1994, 1995, Quest Protein Database Center, Cold
> Spring Harbor Labs. Permission granted to copy and distribute this
> work provided that this notice remains intact. Credit for the library
> must be given to the Quest Protein Database Center, Cold Spring Harbor
> Labs, in all derived works. This does not affect your ownership of the
> derived work itself, and the intent is to assure proper credit for
> Quest, not to interfere with your use of gd. If you have questions,
> ask. ("Derived works" includes all programs that utilize the library.
> Credit must be given in user-visible documentation.)
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>
> If you wish to release modifications to gd, please clear them first by
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> sending email to boutell@boutell.com; if this is not done, any
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> modified version of the gd library must be clearly labeled as such.
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>
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So - is it free software or not?
It'd be distributed as a library, not as part of another package if it
matters.
Paul
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