Re: license question
On Oct 04, Joey Hess wrote:
> 5) You may modify the program in any way you wish provided that all of the
> following conditions are met.
> i) Any modification in the source code is clearly marked as such;
> ii) No modification is made to my documentation;
> [Any documentation needed on your changes must therefore be made in a
> separate file].
This point is in the "is documentation required to DFSG-compliant"
debate zone. I don't know how to address this (especially since there
is documentation in main that isn't DFSG-free; I'm pretty sure Linux
Gazette isn't, but I could be wrong, and early LDP stuff has a
non-DFSG-free license).
> v) Any HTML output includes a link to the analog home page.
Sounds like "Buttonware" (ref. Zope discussion); I think it's also a
borderline case.
The remainder seems acceptable, although most of the disclosure terms
seem rather heavy-handed ("Hi, I'll run some stats for you, but first
let me lecture you on the license of the program I'm using...").
IANAL. #include <std/disclaimer.h> * batteries not included.
Chris
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