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Re: please check new blitz license



On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Jules Bean wrote:

jmlb2>Nope.  All debian packages must be distributable, in source and binary
jmlb2>form, for profit.

	Many licenses of debian packages prohibit selling the software for
profit.

>From Artistic:

  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.

	The blitz license prohibits even charging a fee for distribution.
However it does not say anything about including blitz on a CD and trying
to claim that the distribution fee is for other things on the CD.  

John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Tucson,AZ     http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre


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