Re: what license is ?
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 02:33:39PM +0200, Samuele Giovanni Tonon wrote:
> i think that :
> The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed
> along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist
> that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be free software.
>
> is different from :
>
> All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
> must display the following acknowledgement:
> This product includes software developed by Niels Provos.
>
> because it doesn't place restriction on the software, but it just say:
> "Hey if you try to sell/send CD's or brochures in which you mention
> libevent (also stegdetect has the same license), you have to esplicitally say
> that that sw was made by Niels Provos"
Read it as "as an additional restriction, all additional materials
mentioning ..." It's still a restriction, and a cumbersome one.
I don't recall what makes advertising clauses DFSG-free. Unenforcability?
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Glenn Maynard
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