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Re: SPIN Public license



On Thu, 07 Oct 2004, eddyp wrote:
> I am planning to package an application covered by the Spin Public License.
> 
> is a free or non-free license?

This license is not DFSG Free, and is most likely not suitable for
inclusion in non-free either.

It was most recently discussed here:

http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/thread/20040130.042108.fd756a5d.en.html

Andrew Suffield lambasted the license authors here:

http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/20040130.050608.e083c434.en.html

and I followed suit here with explanations of which clauses fail the
DFSG:

http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/20040130.062427.f5d7d3e8.en.html


Don Armstrong

-- 
Fate and Temperament are two words for one and the same concept.
 -- Novalis [Hermann Hesse _Demian_]

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