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Re: OpenCascade license opinion



On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:20:24 -0500 Adam C Powell IV wrote:

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> Francesco, I read the Linux Today story which you linked, and don't
> see how it's relevant.

It's another case where a license is interpreted by upstream in an
awkward way, thus making the work non-free.

> Which terms of this license correspond to the
> Pine terms,

None, AFAIK.

> or are non-DFSG free?

Requiring that modifications are sent back to the original author is a
non-free requirement.
The license text does not seem to include such a non-free restriction,
but upstream claims that the restriction is "clearly" present.

I think this situation is similar to the Pine one, that's why I pointed
that Linux Today story out...

I hope I clarified.

Usual disclaimers: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP.

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