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Re: why is graphviz package non-free?



Glenn Maynard wrote:
> A license that says "{GPL-ish source terms}, but all modifications must
> be released to the whole world under a BSD-style license" isn't even special-
> casing the original author, though.

DFSG3:
> 3. Derived Works
> 
> The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must
> allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of
> the original software.

If you can't release your modifications under the same terms as the
original, then it isn't DFSG-Free.

- Josh Triplett

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