Re: Bug#47845: libdbd-pg-perl nonfree?

[Brian Ristuccia <brianr@osiris.978.org>]

On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 11:24:40PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> On Oct 20, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > COPYRIGHT
> >        The DBD::Pg module is free software.  You may distribute
> >        under the terms of either the GNU General Public License
> >        or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README
> >        CD-ROM or similar media for commercial distribution
> >        without the prior approval of the author.
> 
> Um, what part of this copyright looks non-free to you?  You can use
> the module under either the GPL or Artistic license, both of which are
> DFSG-free licenses.

YoW! A bad paste on my part. It's non-free because it prohibits distribution
on CD-ROM or similar media for commercial distribution without the prior
approval of the author.

Here's the except from man DBD::Pg in its entirety:

COPYRIGHT
       The DBD::Pg module is free software.  You may distribute
       under the terms of either the GNU General Public License
       or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README
       file, with the exception that it cannot be placed on a
       CD-ROM or similar media for commercial distribution
       without the prior approval of the author.

Sorry for the mess-up.

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Brian Ristuccia
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