Awesome. Thanks Kevin!

On 10/26/07, Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey Peter,
>
> This is a BSD license. The license's use of "without fee" means "These
> rights are given to you without paying"; it does not mean that you may
> not charge for the software.
>
> The software written here was commissioned by the United States
> Government (as mentioned in the disclaimer) and to the best of my
> understanding all US Gov. works are given to the public for Free use -
> most things are simply entered into the public domains.
>
> I did a quick google search on the specific wording in this license
> and parts of QT also include this. It it, without doubt, Free
> Software.
>
> -Kevin Dean
>
> On 10/25/07, Peter Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Unless I'm missing something, the copyright notice for package
> > "python-numeric" is non-free because you can't ask for a fee when
> > distributing it.
> >
> > http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/p/python-numeric/python-numeric_24.2-1ubuntu2/copyright
> >
> > "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
> > purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire notice
> > is included in all copies of any software which is or includes a copy
> > or modification of this software and in all copies of the supporting
> > documentation for such software."
> >
> >
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