Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-11 Thread Joe Smith
Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fine. So, as I understand, the only possible problem is documentation, since the license doesn't explicitly give permission to modify it or distribute modified versions. It's only speaking of 'the code'. All the documentation

Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-08 Thread Niko Tyni
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 03:18:00PM -0500, Joe Smith wrote: [1] http://www.eblong.com/zarf/glk/ Ah. Zarf. Quite a fascinating fellow. :) Right :) The source code in this package is copyright 1998-9 by Andrew Plotkin. You may copy and distribute it freely, by any means and under any

Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-06 Thread Joe Smith
MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I think this is trying to be a shorter licence with the same effect as the Artistic - you may edit it, but must change the name. I'd say it follows the DFSG (integrity of source allows name changes), but I have one doubt: if

Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-05 Thread Niko Tyni
Hi, I'm packaging a set of Glk user interface libraries [1], which are distributed under a custom license, included below. In my limited understanding this is both DFSG-free and GPL-compatible, but I'd like to be sure about this. The libraries are going to be linked against GPL- and BSD-licensed

Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-05 Thread MJ Ray
Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The source code in this package is copyright 1998-9 by Andrew Plotkin. You may copy and distribute it freely, by any means and under any conditions, as long as the code and documentation is not changed. You may also incorporate this code into your own

Re: Custom license question (Glk libraries)

2005-11-05 Thread Joe Smith
Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] http://www.eblong.com/zarf/glk/ Ah. Zarf. Quite a fascinating fellow. :) The source code in this package is copyright 1998-9 by Andrew Plotkin. You may copy and distribute it freely, by any means and under any