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Re: Datalink Licence Question



On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 04:13:36PM -0500, Steaphan Greene wrote:
>  
> Permission is hereby granted to copy, reproduce, redistribute or otherwise
> use this software as long as: there is no monetary profit gained
> specifically from the use or reproduction of this software, it is not
> sold, rented, traded or otherwise marketed, and this copyright notice is
> included prominently in any copy made. 

Right to modify is not granted, which is against DFSG #3.

> It's the "as long as: there is no monetary profit gained specifically
> from the use or reproduction of this software, it is not sold, rented,
> traded or otherwise marketed" section that concerns me.  What do you all
> think?  Would this mean it would have to be in non-free?

IMHO yes, it must go into non-free since this is against DFSG #6.

-Ralf.



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