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Re: intent to package digiinfo and copyright question



>>>>> On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, "JS" == Joop Stakenborg wrote:

  JS> Digiinfo is NOT distributed under GPL, but something similar, called ALAS
  JS> (General Licence for Amateur Radio Software). I have read the copying
  JS> license, seems OK to for debian. There is a saying about distributing for
  JS> non-commercial reasons only (section 3), but section 4.3 states:

  JS> You shall not ask for any money exceeding the actual costs for the media
  JS> and postage when making copies.

sections 3 and 4.3 both fail DFSG #1 and therefore make the package non-free.



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