Re: License advice
Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
>> As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you
>> disagree.
>
>This is weird, especially because of point 3. He means the right thing, but
>he doesn't mention modification, redistribution of modificated versions and
>selling.
He says anyone can use it for any purpose! That includes everything
you mention. All he's asking is that people say if they have altered
it from his original version. I can't see any problem.
...
>>
>> Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any
>> purpose on any computer system, and to redistribute it freely,
>> subject to the following restrictions:
>> ...
>> 3. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
>
>> be misrepresented as being the original software.
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