On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:27:09AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote: > >> Royalty free license to copy and use this software is granted, > >> provided that redistributed derivative works do not contain > >> misleading author or version information. Royalty free license is > >> also granted to make and use derivative works provided that such > >> works are identified as derived from this work. > > The license grants permission to use, copy, create derivative works, and > > redistribute. The only stipulations are that the original author be > > credited, and derivative works be labeled; and there's a warranty > > disclaimer. > And when you violate the license by distributing modified versions with > misleading information, you loose your right to copy and use the > software. But that's not a freeness problem, I guess. Yeah, it isn't, because under copyright law you don't *need* a license in order to use a copy of the work. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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