Re: eawpats license [was: Timidity-patches eek]
J.B. Nicholson-Owens <jbn@forestfield.org>:
> > I release these patches as "fameware". If you use them in any non-private
> > way, give me credit. These patches are not to be sold for profit (heaven
> > forbid). They were free when I got them and so they shall remain.
>
> Here's where my problem lies: regardless of which patch set is referred to
> here (see above), the limitations don't matter; neither set of patch files
> can have terms placed upon them. This person is trying to set terms for
> works copyrighted to someone else (the for-non-commercial-use-only patches),
> or this person is trying to set terms on works in the public domain.
I would guess that the person is making non-binding suggestions,
rather than setting terms, but they might be (construed as) claiming
copyright on the anthology/collection.
Edmund
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