On Tue, Dec 01, 1998 at 06:46:55PM +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: > On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > > > > > > > > I know of a Brilliant alternative to lightwave, by the name of "Blender", > > > > (http://www.blender.nl/) If it had a better license, I would package it. > > Not likely, The next version is to be commercial.. (I think thats right, > > maybe my wires are crossed.. I'll check) > > No it's not, but I'll need to contact the author(s). > > > Copyright and comments follow. > > > Permission to copy and distribute this software and its > documentation without written agreement is hereby granted only for non- > commercial purposes. > > Debian is non-commercial? Yes, but to be DFSG-free the software has to permit any use. I will have to go into non-free. > Distributing Blender 'bundled' in with ANY product > is considered to be a `commercial purpose'. This entire copyright notice > must appear in all copies of this software. > > This gets me... comments? I think this will hinder the distribution of blender with Debian at all. > If you would like to do something with this software that this copyright > prohibits (such as distributing blender commercially), please contact > NaN. > > Bingo! If you want to package it - contact them and ask if they would accept the bundling with Debian. Of course it has to go into non-free then. cu Torsten
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