* Mon 2003-06-02 Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> list.cygwin-apps | On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 01:28:00AM +0200, Hack Kampbjorn wrote: | >http://glimpse.cs.arizona.edu/index.php?dir=sublicensing&page=licensing.html | > | >Are we allowed to redistributed it? Yes, COPYRIGHT grants it "on a | >nonprofit basis, and to use it for any purpose" (this is unclear any | >purpose includes commercial use). And then clause 4 | > | >4. Any commercial use of this software will require a license. | > | >Could this be a problem? Until now all the cygwin packages have been open | >source software allowing commercial use. | > | >I wouldn't touch this without a "go" from the legal department. | | I can't really get a "go" from our legal department on the cygwin net | distribution since it really is entirely a volunteer department. | | I'd rather leave the onus on the person who is offerint the package. | Please get a "go" from the people responsible for "glimpse". | | This package is on hold until that time.
I talked to glimpse staff. They said it's okay provided that there is notice included in the package. They will supply one in later releases. Until then /etc/postinstall/glimpse.sh writes a new file: /usr/doc/glipse-VERSION/README_COMMERCIAL_USE Content: Glimpse is not free software. You need to purchase a license for any commercial use of this software. For more information, see http://glimpse.cs.arizona.edu/ => Licencing References: Golda Velez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote back: Sure [you can include glimpse in Cygwin Net distribution, as long as there is a README file or otherwise it is made clear that commercial users are 'supposed' to purchase a license. Debian has a 'nonfree' area of their distribution which would be appropriate for glimpse, I've been meaning to package it up and put it there. If there's no 'nonfree' area, how about we include a readme something like README_COMMERCIAL_USE that people are not likely to miss if they visit the install directory? I've updated the packages. Here are them for evaluation: http://tierra.dyndns.org:81/cygwin/glimpse-4.17.4-1.tar.bz2 http://tierra.dyndns.org:81/cygwin/glimpse-4.17.4-1-src.tar.bz2 Jari -- http://tiny-tools.sourceforge.net/ Swatch @time http://www.ryanthiessen.com/swatch/resources.htm Convert @time http://www.mir.com.my/iTime/itime.htm