Re: License considerations
There is one more thing to consider. That's the use of common
sense. Something for an 8-bit Atari that is copyright 1989?! The 8-bit
Ataris were long out of production in 1989. I'd take a good look at the
originality of the copyright in that case. The copyright date and the
presumed date of use are off by at least 5 years. How did these programs
get promulgated when the 300/600 were new-ish? I'm betting you can find a
PD copy that predates the copyright date.
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Manuel Menal wrote:
> peter karlsson wrote:
>
> pk> Hi!
>
> Hi,
>
> pk> I just want to ask the experts whether or not this license is DFSG free
> pk> or not.
>
> I'm not an expert at all, but I can perhaps help you.
>
> pk> To me, it looks that way, but I just want to make sure:
>
> These licenses are very simple, and I think it's not hard to find if
> they're DFSG-free or not.
> Just very the nine points:
>
> Free Redistribution
> Source Code
> Derived Works
> Integrity of The Author's Source Code
> No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
> No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
> Distribution of License
> License Must Not Be Specific to Debian
> License Must Not Contaminate Other Software
>
> That's to learn by heart :-)
>
> pk> ===[ cut ]===
> pk> This is the copyright notice for RA65, LINK65, LIBR65, and other
> pk> Atari 8-bit programs. Said programs are Copyright 1989, by John R.
> pk> Dunning. All rights reserved, with the following exceptions:
>
> pk> Anyone may copy or redistribute these programs, provided that:
>
> pk> 1: You don't charge anything for the copy. It is permissable to
> pk> charge a nominal fee for media, etc.
>
> I'm not sure, but I think this doesn't respect the Free Distribution
> point, the first in DFSG. It's said that [ the license] "may not restrict
> any party from selling or giving away the software". Here, you
> can't sell it, so it's not DFSG-compliant. IMHO.
>
> [cut]
> pk> ===[ cut ]===
>
> pk> And also this, that covers another part of the program:
>
>
> [cut]
>
> It seems to respect all the points of the DFSG. So, it's free
> software. But that's just my opinion.
>
> pk> Please Cc me since I'm not subscribed to the list. Thanks in advance,
> pk> --
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>
> Correct me if I'm wrong,
>
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