Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu> writes:
> <---------------
> Copyright (C) 1997 by Reto Kramer, kramer@acm.org
> All rights reserved.
>
> THIS IS FREE SOFTWARE.
> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and documentation
> in all settings is hereby granted, provided that NO FEE is charged for this
> software.
> ^^^^^^
> It is non-free because you cannot charge for the software.
>
> It is legal to charge for the CD the software may be distributed on
> (e.g. freeware archieve CDs).
Please read the following sentence.
Some cites:
DFSG:
1. Free Redistribution
The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from selling or giving away the
software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several
different sources. The license may not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.
Here is the analogon of the free Artistic licence:
5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However,
you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly
commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software
distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a
product of your own.
IMHO the licence is free enough for main.
Right?
Thanks
Christian
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