Re: [DebianGIS] is this license GPL2 compatible?
On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 20:17 +1200, Hamish wrote:
> [sorry for the cross-posting, I'm casting the idea net wide]
>
> is this license GPL2 compatible?
> is this license DFSG compatible? *
>
I'd assume for now it isn't. Nobody has done a license review, and it
has non free java on it. We will need to work out quick how we are
going to comply with the license terms of the GPL's stuff we have on
there, given the customisations we've presumably done.
Regards,
Tim
> "There is no warranty whatsoever. Use at your own risk.
>
> This code may be freely redistributed under the condition that the copyright
> notices are not removed. You may distribute modified versions of this code
> UNDER THE CONDITION THAT THIS CODE AND ANY MODIFICATIONS MADE TO IT IN THE
> SAME FILE REMAIN UNDER COPYRIGHT OF FOOCORP, BOTH SOURCE AND OBJECT CODE ARE
> MADE FREELY AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHARGE, AND CLEAR NOTICE IS GIVEN OF THE
> MODIFICATIONS."
>
>
> the bit I am concerned about is the effect of "all your modifications are
> copyright us". (which is fine with me, but is it fine with the GPL?)
>
> I seem to recall seeing something very similar in the past, is this a known
> standard BSD/MIT/X variant?
>
>
> [*] http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
> My attitude is that if it passes those tests, I/we can integrate
> it into our project without much worry.
>
>
> ?
>
> thanks,
> Hamish
>
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