Re: Bug#265352: grub: Debian splash images for Grub
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, Francesco Poli wrote:
> That's because it's not Apache's license that fails to permit this use
> (or attempt to restric this use): it's the existence of an unrelated
> software patent.
> Apache Software Foundation gives this permission, it's the one-click
> shopping patent holder that does not!
I'm thinking here of part 12g of the guidelines FAQ, which is actually a better
example than Apache.
The advice given in that section is that if the licensor wants credit, he
should not make the license require credit. But what he can do is say "note
that this license doesn't release you from other obligations you have, such as
giving me credit".
Yet unlike the software patent or export case, it *is* within the power of
the software writer to grant the permission that's being denied. He can
say "I don't care if you misrepresent me. Go ahead and don't give me credit."
The "other obligations" that demand credit are coming from him in the same
way that the obligation to obey Debian's trademark comes from Debian.
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