Re: kaid license non-free?
On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 06:19:00PM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> > > * Any form of redistribution which connects to the published Team XLink
> > > Orbital Server list resource, for Orbital Server aquisition, or otherwise,
> > > or which interoperates with any existing software used by other member(s)
> > > of the XLink Kai: Evolution VII service, must be provided to end users at
> > > no cost, and may not contain advertising information of any sort, aside
> > > from one permitted link in an "About" dialog window which is not displayed
> > > unless the user explicitly directs the software to display it.
> >
> > This is a non-free condition. It must be possible to sell copies of
> > Debian packages.
>
> It only causes problems when you are connecting to the XLink Kai:
> Evolution VII service, but I assume that the main point of the
> software is to connect to that service, so unless someone else starts
> up an alternative server, for pratical reasons, it's non-free.
The purpose of software very rarely (if ever) has any relevance to the
freeness of its license. The clause is no less non-free if someone
starts up an alternative server, and it would be just as non-free if
applied to dpkg or ls.
--
Glenn Maynard
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