On 08/07/2012 07:38 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > I don't recognize the text of this license in a piece of software I need > to package as a dependency. The license listed on PyPi is "Freeware" > which doesn't seem right (and isn't a valid option anyway) but the > actual license text looks more permissive, except for the bit about "The > Software shall be used for Good, not Evil." That clause looks like it > might cause us some trouble... > > Can I get a legal opinion? (The complete sources of the utility are > attached, including the license text in question). > > I'm also going to contact upstream to see if I can get a license > clarification.
As several other people have noted, this is the infamous jsmin license. The upstream jsmin author takes a perverse pleasure in people ramming headfirst into this nonsensical clause, and has repeatedly stated that he will not remove it or reword it in such a way to resolve the issues it causes. http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code has some of the backstory. ~tom == Fedora Project _______________________________________________ legal mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
