On Oct 20, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 11:24:40PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: > > On Oct 20, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > > > COPYRIGHT > > > The DBD::Pg module is free software. You may distribute > > > under the terms of either the GNU General Public License > > > or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README > > > CD-ROM or similar media for commercial distribution > > > without the prior approval of the author. > > > > Um, what part of this copyright looks non-free to you? You can use > > the module under either the GPL or Artistic license, both of which are > > DFSG-free licenses. > > YoW! A bad paste on my part. It's non-free because it prohibits distribution > on CD-ROM or similar media for commercial distribution without the prior > approval of the author. > > Here's the except from man DBD::Pg in its entirety: > > COPYRIGHT > The DBD::Pg module is free software. You may distribute > under the terms of either the GNU General Public License > or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README > file, with the exception that it cannot be placed on a > CD-ROM or similar media for commercial distribution > without the prior approval of the author.
OK, yeah, now I can see it ;-) (Having said that, I'm not sure that it's legit to make exceptions to the GPL, especially if the author used anyone else's code in the module...) Chris -- ============================================================================= | Chris Lawrence | Get Debian GNU/Linux CDROMs | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.lordsutch.com/cds/ | | | | | Grad Student, Pol. Sci. | Visit the Amiga Web Directory | | University of Mississippi | http://www.cucug.org/amiga.html | =============================================================================