libcompface's license
Hi,
in a mail exchange with one of my applicants, he asked me about the
license of libcompface. Basically, from libcompface's readme, it's
this:
| Compface - 48x48x1 image compression and decompression
| Copyright (c) James Ashton 1990.
| Written 89/11/11
|
| Feel free to distribute this source at will so long as the above
| message and this message are included in full.
This is extendend by a message from the author to read:
| I don't mind modified versions being distributed. Please included
| the original copyright notices as specified and also prominently
| note, if it is a modified version, the nature and author(s) of the
| modifications.
So, you are allowed to distribute modified and unmodified forms of
libcompface's source. Note it doesn't mention binary forms.
Furthermore, libcompface's source carry this:
| * Compface - 48x48x1 image compression.
| *
| * Copyright (c) James Ashton - Sydney University - June 1990.
| *
| * Written 11th November 1889.
| *
| * Permission is given to distribute these sources, as long as the
| * copyright messages are not removed, and no monies are exchanged.
| *
| * No responsibility is taken for any errors on inaccuracies inherent
| * either to the comments or the code of this program, but if reported
| * to me, then an attempt will be made to fix them.
Does the "no monies" part mean "you can't charge money for the act of
distributing libcompface"?
TIA,
--
Marcelo
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