Re: Financial Restrictions (Was Re: teTeX Documentation Licenses (A), (D) & (H))
"C.M. Connelly" <c@eskimo.com> wrote:
> "TB" == Thomas Bushnell, BSG <tb@becket.net>
>
> >> A.
> >> [...]
> >> You are NOT ALLOWED to take money for the distribution or
> >> use of this file or modified versions or fragments thereof,
> >> except for a nominal charge for copying etc.
>
> >> D.
> >> [...]
> >> Permission is granted to reproduce the document in any way
> >> providing that it is distributed for free, except for any
> >> reasonable charges for printing, distribution, staff time,
> >> etc. Direct commercial exploitation is not permitted.
> >> Extracts may be made from this document providing an
> >> acknowledgement of the original source is maintained.
Looks like words lifted from the Artistic license ( "Reasonable copying
fee" is whatever you can justify on the basis of media cost, duplication
charges, time of people involved, and so on.)
>
> >> H.
> >> [...]
> >> You are {\em not allowed\/} to take money for the
> >> distribution or use of this file except for a nominal
> >> charge for copying, etc. Redistribution of unchanged files
> >> is allowed provided that the whole package is distributed.
>
>
> [From discussion of D]
> TB> The limitation on copying fees mean that these files
> TB> cannot be in Debian, but they can be in the non-free
> TB> archive.
I disagree.
Peter
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