Re: glimpse version on lists.d.o
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:38:05AM -0500, Guy Maor wrote:
> > However, we were using 4.1 so far... and 3.0 and 3.6 are also non-free just
> > a bit more free. What's this note about then? :)
>
> At one point, the archive search was using 3.x, which I thought was
> free. 4.x was more stable or had some feature I really wanted (I
> don't remember), so I switched to that, but I was disappointed about
> the new license. You say that 3.x isn't free either? You're probably
> right if you've just read the license. Feel free to edit this bit in
> the readme to make it more clear.
Oh, okay.
Versions 3.0 and 3.6 have a clause in the license that says "redistribution
for profit requires the express, written permission", which violates the
DFSG. Version 4.1's license expanded that to "any commercial use of this
software will require a license", which is even more non-free.
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