Re: CISST licence and DFSG
Riley Baird wrote [apparently not citing authors]:
>> DFSG-free software usually refrain from restricting use or download.
>
> Is this a requirement? The Microsoft Public License states:
>
> If you use the software, you accept this license. If you do not
> accept the license, do not use the software.
It's not a requirement but IMO it's worth seeking to change if the
licence has other problems. Usage is an act not normally restricted by
copyright so it often indicates that a licence is pretending to be a
contract or hybrid copyright/patent licence, instead of a simple
conditional copyright licence grant.
Hope that explains,
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