Matthew Flaschen wrote: > Brian Brazil wrote: >>> which reads "You may not charge a fee for the game itself. This >>> includes reselling the game as an >>> individual item." >> That doesn't make it non-free software. > > That is not my understanding of the definition of free software. For > instance, the FSF says of the Aladdin Free Public License, "Despite its > name, this is not a free software license because it does not allow > charging for distribution". In general, the FSF encourages the selling > of free software, individually and in aggregate. > > Matt Flaschen > > > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users >
I think what Brian means is that it's not a significant restriction because you can distribute it commercially with other software, and I can see what he means. In the licence, it says "You may charge a reasonable copying fee for this archive, and may distribute it in aggregate as part of a larger & possibly commercial software distribution (such as a Linux distribution or magazine coverdisk)", so that means you can charge whatever fee you want as long as you include it with at least one other piece of software, no matter how trivial it is. I agree that that isn't really a significant restriction of the freedoms to distribute copies and to distribute modified versions. If it prohibited commercial distribution completely, then it would be, and I think the FSF would classify that as "semi-free software". The list of licences on the GNU website mentions a licence for fonts which is similar to this (the SIL Open Font License), and it says "The Open Font License (including its original release, version 1.0) is a free copyleft license for fonts. Its only unusual requirement is that fonts be distributed with some computer program, rather than alone. Since a simple Hello World program will satisfy the requirement, it is harmless. Neither we nor SIL recommend the use of this license for anything other than fonts." -- Please avoid sending me Microsoft Office files - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html. Don't get Windows Vista, get GNU/Linux - http://www.getgnulinux.org. _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
