Re: partial license audit of XFree86 4.3.0
Branden Robinson wrote:
> B) Copyright 1985, 1986 The Regents of the University of California.
> All rights reserved.
>
> This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
> James A. Woods, derived from original work by Spencer Thomas
> and Joseph Orost.
>
> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
> provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
> duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
> advertising materials, and other materials related to such
> distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
> by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the
> University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
> from this software without specific prior written permission.
> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
> IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
> WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> *** The above license is not GPL-compatible.
>
> Affected files:
> xc/lib/font/fontfile/decompress.c
> xc/util/compress/Makefile [2]
> xc/util/compress/compress.1 [2]
> xc/util/compress/compress.c [2]
> xc/util/compress/usermem.sh [2]
The above license does not appear to be DFSG-free at all. It allows
redistribution and use, but not modification or distribution of modified
versions.
- Josh Triplett
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