On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 17:58, Ville Muikkula wrote: > > The apsfilter license is a combination of the GNU GPL and postcardware: > > "You are permitted to use the apsfilter package in the terms of the GNU > General Public License. If you use apsfilter for business or home > purposes, then please send me a postcard. This product is otherwise free > of charge." > > Is this allowed? apsfilterconfig terminates if the user does not accept > the license. I am under the impression that the GNU GPL does not permit > these kind of additions, that is, requiring physical goods to be sent to > the software author(s). > If someone uses code from apsfilter in GPL'd programs, would the users > of said programs have to send postcards to Andreas Klemm?
I would say that "please" is a request, rather than a condition of the license. Does apsfilterconfig link against any other GPL'd programs? Have you asked the author if s/he thinks this is a request or a requirement? -- -Dave Turner GPL Compliance Engineer
