Re: STANDARD SOFTWARE COMPATABILITY

[Michael Beattie <mickyb@es.co.nz>]

On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Torsten Landschoff wrote:

> 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.

I thought that would be the case, in fact it has to be, the source is not
available. Yet. 1.5 is supposed to be Free Software.

> >                        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.

Those were my thoughts.
  
> >   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.

I will contact them, If I get the time!


                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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