On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 03:38:57PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >... > * Neither name of the company nor the names of its contributors may be used > to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific > prior written permission. > > I'm not 100% certain that bundling dprof2calltree with kcachegrind > constitutes a "product[s] derived from this software", because I'm also of > the opinion that bundling != derivation, but it seems like a lawyer might > argue the it does. So kcachegrind and any distributions' package would also > need written persmission from OmniTI Computer Consulting. >...
You are arguing the 3-Clause BSD License would be non-free? On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 03:53:48PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >... > At the very least, it appears that the advertising clauses make > dprof2calltree not DFSG-free, It does not: https://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/ > because they fail the "desert island test". >... It does not. If you choose to advertise the use of this software on your desert island, you have to include the acknowledgement in your advertisement. cu Adrian
