Re: Bug#47845: libdbd-pg-perl nonfree?
On Oct 20, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> 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.
OK, yeah, now I can see it ;-)
(Having said that, I'm not sure that it's legit to make exceptions to
the GPL, especially if the author used anyone else's code in the module...)
Chris
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