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Re: is this license DFSG compliant ?



Hello Christophe,

On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 04:53:52PM -0500, christophe barbé wrote:
> Is the following license DFSG compliant ?
> I think that it is with the clause 4 of the DFSG but I would like to be
> sure.
> Also I would like to know which (or how much) packages in debian use
> this clause '#4 Integrity of The Author's Source Code' to be accepted. 

Yes, all of the restrictions below are equivalent to restrictions
included in the GPL.  This license is DFSG-free.

BTW, debian-legal is a better list for questions about the DFSG-freeness 
of software.

Cheers,
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

> >  This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or
> >  implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held
> >  liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
> >
> >  Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any
> >  purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it
> >  and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
> >
> >  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you
> >  must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use
> >  this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
> >  documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
> >
> >  2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and
> >  must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
> >
> >  3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
> >  distribution.
> 
> -- 
> Christophe Barbé <christophe.barbe@ufies.org>
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> 
> There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're
> talking about. -- John von Neumann


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