On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:41:31 +0200 Rubén Rodríguez Pérez <ru...@gnu.org> wrote:
> El vie, 28-08-2009 a las 23:48 +0100, Marco Oliva escribió: > > " The argument that there's a strongly-implied right to modify is > > unlikely to fly in many countries outside the US. " > > > > -> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Bad_Licenses > > > > -> http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense/pool/universe/9/9wm/ > > The same licence is used for 9menu: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/07/msg00113.html http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/9/9menu/9menu_1.8-1.2/9menu.copyright And larswm: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/l/larswm/larswm_7.5.3-5ubuntu2/larswm.copyright kk > It was also reported at Trisquel (thanks, Marcooliva), but I didn't > have much time to review it, as it is a tricky license this one. Its > problem is the absence of *explicit* permission for modifications: > > ----------------------- > > 9wm is free software, and is Copyright (c) 1994 by David Hogan. > Permission is granted to all sentient beings to use this software, > to make copies of it, and to distribute those copies, provided > that: > > (1) the copyright and licence notices are left intact > (2) the recipients are aware that it is free software > (3) any unapproved changes in functionality are either > (i) only distributed as patches > or (ii) distributed as a new program which is not called 9wm > and whose documentation gives credit where it is due > (4) the author is not held responsible for any defects > or shortcomings in the software, or damages caused by it. > > There is no warranty for this software. Have a nice day. > > ------------------------ > > Notes: > > - The package is included in debian main [1] > - 9wm licence is not listed in the -informal- debian dfsg license > list [2] > - The author, sadly, died [3] > > 1 http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=9wm > 2 http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses > 3 http://lwn.net/Articles/312262/ > -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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