I am not subscribed to this list. Please CC if you need me to reply. I was reading through the Terms & Conditions[1] (henceforth Terms page) on the and I am not sure that it conforms to the DFSG, specifically section 3. If you look at the Terms page, you will notice that the section on "Extending and Re-branding SQL-Ledger" indicates that the GPL only allow the derivative work to be a "Larger Work" and that you cannot remove the SQL-Ledger logo as a result.
First of all, the GPL doesn't seem to even contain the word "larger." Any mention of a derivative work indicates that you can make any change. By their interpretation, I think it is clear that I would not be able to take their database schema and base a new software project on that unless I (A) included all of the SQL-Ledger code in my project (cannot freely make modifications), (B) changed the project's name, (C) maintain the SQL-Ledger logo (again, cannot free make modification), and (D) advertise SQL-Ledger by including "Powered by SQL-Ledger" in a subtitle for the program. (A) might be able to be exchanged with having a project with more source code than SQL-Ledger in order to make it a "larger work." Also, on their website in the same section, they state, "If you do not want to display the SQL-Ledger logo, the 'powered by', or the trademark and copyright notice, you need to obtain explicit permission from DWS." This violates section 7. This info is not contained in the tarball of the distribution as far as I can tell. Of course, IANAL and may be entirely wrong about some or all of this interpretation. Thanks, wt [1] http://www.sql-ledger.org/cgi-bin/nav.pl?page=misc/terms.html&title=Terms%20%26%20Conditions -- Warren Turkal Consultant, Penguin Techs http://www.penguintechs.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]