On Friday 14 September 2007 10:38:40 Steve King wrote: > This is David Coffin's proposed license text for the next version of > dcraw: No license is required to download and use dcraw.c. However, to > lawfully redistribute dcraw, you must either (a) offer, at no extra > charge, full source code* for all executable files > containing RESTRICTED functions, (b) distribute this code under > the GPL Version 2 or later, (c) remove all RESTRICTED functions, > re-implement them, or copy them from an earlier, unrestricted > Revision of dcraw.c, or (d) purchase a license from the author. > > The functions that process Foveon images have been RESTRICTED > since Revision 1.237. All other code remains free for all uses. > > *If you have not modified dcraw.c in any way, a link to my > homepage qualifies as "full source code". > > To my eyes this seems to tick the DFSG boxes, but I would appreciate any > opinions on this matter. Regardless of the other options, since (b) says you can distribute under GPLv2, I don't see a problem. -- Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net> <xmpp:wjl@icecavern.net> OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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