Re: License advice
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. Please point him kindly to Debian, the dfsg and to a more explicit
license we require to put it in main. This would mean, that you point him to
Artistic License, GPL, Xfree's and so on.
Thank you,
Marcus
> Copyright (c) 1997-1998 by Armin Biere.
>
> Author: Armin Biere.
>
> 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:
>
> 1. The author is not responsible for the consequences of use of
> this software, no matter how awful, even if they arise
> from defects in it.
>
> 2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, either
> by explicit claim or by omission.
>
> 3. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
> be misrepresented as being the original software.
>
>
> 4. This notice may not be removed or altered.
>
> Armin Biere
> Thu Mar 5 16:48:52 EST 1998
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