Re: license for eSvn
| eSvn License for Unix platforms:
|
| This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
| it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
| the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
| (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in
| the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
| even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
| PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
|
| See the GNU General Public License for more details.
This is almost free, but it doesn't permit porting to non-Unix
platforms under a free license (which clearly restricts modification).
It seems that this isn't merely an accident. From the non-free
non-UNIX license:
| 4. The source code is the creative property of the authors.
| Extensions and development under the terms of the Gnu Public License
| are limited to the Unix platform. Any distribution or compilation of
| the source code against libraries licensed other than gpl requires
| the written permission of the authors.
This is a bit similar to the non-free Motif license that was
restricted to open-source operating systems. It looks as if the
authors want to prevent others from releasing a version for a certain
proprietary operating system.
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