On Tue, 26 May 2009 14:33:42 +0100 Leandro Doctors wrote: > 2009/5/26 Sebastian Reichel <elektranox@gmail.com>: > > Please cc:me, I am not subscribed to d-legal. > Done Done, as well. > > Can somebody please tell me if the following license really is > > DFSG conform after the license change? > > > <FILE> is freeware and may be freely redistributed and modified > > for non-commercial usage, > > as long as the above copyright of the original > > author is preserved and appears in the documentation or the program itself. > [...] > > EVERY PRODUCT OR PROGRAM DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM THIS SOURCE MAY NOT BE > > SOLD COMMERCIALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR. > IMHO, I think it's not DFSG-conformant. It forbids commercial usage > without permission. I think it definitely fails to meet DFSG#1, since it forbids selling of derived products/programs, and DFSG#6, since it discriminates against redistribution and modification for commercial usage. As usual, my disclaimers are: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. I hope upstream may be persuaded to adopt a well known and widely used license which clearly meets the DFSG. My personal suggestion is the Expat/MIT license: http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt -- New location for my website! Update your bookmarks! http://www.inventati.org/frx ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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