Re: Intend to package: Mozart (aka Oz)
On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 09:55:34AM +0200, Ralf Treinen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I plan to package the mozart programming environment (with a separate
> package for its documentation). Mozart's home page is
>
> http://www.mozart-oz.org/
>
> The authors describe their licence as "X11 style". The licence agreement
> says:
>
> The authors hereby grant permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
> and license this software and its documentation for any purpose,
> provided that existing copyright notices are retained in all
> copies and that this notice is included verbatim in any
> distributions. No written agreement, license, or royalty fee is
> required for any of the authorized uses. Modifications to this
> software may be copyrighted by their authors and need not follow the
> licensing terms described here, provided that the new terms are
> clearly indicated on the first page of each file where they apply.
>
> plus list of the copyright holders and the usual no-warranty. The debian
> policy requires about the copyright :
>
> Distribution of License
> The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom
> the program is redistributed without the need for execution of
> an additional license by those parties.
>
> I don't see any explicit statement like this in the mozart licence
> agreement. However, since use and redistribution are not restricted
> (except conservation of copyright notices) I guess that this is OK.
The correct forum for this question is debian-legal.
The rights above apply to everyone, since the license doesn't say
otherwise. Since they apply to everyone, they apply to `all to whom
the program is redistributed'. So it's fine; it's Free.
Welcome aboard!
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