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Re: Toba license: free/GPL compatible?



On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:50:29AM -0500, Fred Gray wrote:
> Dear debian-legal eagles,
> 
> Can I ask for your opinion on the following license, used for the Toba 
> Java-to-C translator?  When read in plain English, it is certainly DFSG-free
> and GPL-compatible.  However, is the language sufficiently clear on the issue 
> of distributing modified copies, or is there a potential "Pine problem" here?

This certainly looks both DFSG-free and GPL-compatible.  The use of
the word 'and' rather than 'or' seems to take care of the Pine problem  

> 
> Thanks very much,
> 
> 
> Copyright 1997 Arizona Board of Regents, all rights reserved.
> 
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