Re: reiser4 non-free?
Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> Jeremy Hankins <nowan@nowan.org> writes:
>> Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>>> In other words, some works under this license are free (for example,
>>> one containing no credits but the copyright notice) and others are
>>> non-free.
>>
>> Wouldn't such a work still be non-free? At the least, it definitely
>> goes much farther than the analogous clause in the GPL. You can't
>> include code (even optionally executed code) to suppress it, for
>> example.
>
> If there are no credits, the prohibition on removing credits is null.
Yes, but there's still the format & placement of the copyright notice.
E.g., the fact that it's printed regardless of input and interactivity.
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Jeremy Hankins <nowan@nowan.org>
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