Re: Nmap Public Source License Version 0.94 - Is it DFSG-compliant?
>>>>> "Francesco" == Francesco Poli <invernomuto@paranoici.org> writes:
Francesco> So licensing under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 and then
Francesco> adding further restrictions creates a self-contradiction.
Francesco> That does not seem a correct way to apply the GPL...
No, it does not. That term--the term that forbids you from adding
restrictions--clearly conflicts with the "main body of the license," so
the main body of the license rather than the GPL controls. Clearly such
a license is not GPL compatible, although it may be free. Other
discussion in this thread suggests it is in fact non-free, but I want to
push back on the idea that the license is self-contradictory (and thus
non-distributable).
Reply to: