Re: [Trn-announce] Trn's license (fwd)
Nick Moffitt <nick@zork.net> wrote:
>begin Colin Watson quotation:
[trn license]
>> +Permission is hereby granted to copy, reproduce, redistribute or
>> +otherwise use this software as long as: there is no monetary profit
>> +gained specifically from the use or reproduction of this software, it
>> +is not sold, rented, traded or otherwise marketed, and this copyright
>> +notice is included prominently in any copy made. Software bundlers
>> +who include trn among other diverse applications are exempt from this
>> +restriction, as long as the distribution includes trn's source code
>> +(including this license).
>> +
>> +The authors make no claims as to the fitness or correctness of this
>> +software for any use whatsoever, and it is provided as is. Any use of
>> +this software is at the user's own risk.
>
> While the Software Bundlers clause would specifically allow it
>to be included as part of a distribution of free and non-free
>software, it still fails DFSG #6.
>
> By requiring that no monetary profit be made from the program,
>the license restricts the manner in which the user may use it.
Ah, I read straight over #6 for some reason - thanks! I shall change the
control file back to non-free until such time as the relevant code can
be replaced. :(
--
Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
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