On Monday 25 June 2007, Matthew Glenn Shaver wrote: >Xfig has this license: > >"Any party obtaining a copy of these files is granted, free of charge, a >full and unrestricted irrevocable, world-wide, paid up, royalty-free, >nonexclusive right and license to deal in this software and >documentation files (the "Software"), including without limitation the >rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish and/or distribute copies of >the Software, and to permit persons who receive copies from any such >party to do so, with the only requirement being that this copyright >notice remain intact. >No representations are made about the suitability of this software for >any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied >warranty." > >Questions: > >1. Can we modify this program and re-license it under the GPL? > >2. Is this a "GPL-Compatible Free Software License" like those described >on this web page? >http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html >
Well, it is available from the fedora core 6 base repo, so at least the RH lawyers were happy, and I believe debian also offers it and they are known as pretty paranoid. Beyond that Matt, we need to talk to their folks. And I don't have any better, and low cost ideas than that. >Thanks, >Matt Shaver > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The minute a man is convinced that he is interesting, he isn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
