Re: Licensing question
On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 01:59:30PM +0100, Remco van de Meent wrote:
> Would this license (the one that comes with MajorCool, a webinterface to the
> Majordomo package) fit in non-free? I think so, right?
It sure can go to non-free, but what about main? Look:
> 4. Non-commercial use of this software is freely encouraged.
> 5. For commercial use of this software, you may charge for the
> installation and/or management, but not for the software
> itself. Usage in a commercial service must display the
> copyright prominently.
> 7. Feel free to modify, hack, and improve.
> 6. Let the author know if you plan to distribute as part of a
> CD-ROM or other collection.
It gives you right to use it, distribute it and modify it.
> 7. Keep the author
> informed of changes and fixes that others would find useful.
> 8. In the case where modifications are not communicated back to
> the author, these modified instances of MajorCool must be
> clearly marked as derivative works so as not to be confused
> with the "true" version.
I'm not native English speaker, but 'let me know' doesn't mean
'you must let me know', so these sentences don't express real
obligation. If they do, mail the author and tell him to reword it.
The renaming/marking of modified instances is IIRC contained in
some other free licences.
OTOH, IANAL.
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