> It seems like it's possible to achieve your objectives without preventing
> Debian and other Linux distributions from including your program by
making a
> few changes in how you ask commercial users to pay:
I thank everyone who contributed to this thread.
Apperently the "COST" section in the R
[removed the author from the recipients, as I see that he is anyway on
the *right* way to make it free]
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 04:11:59PM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> COPYRIGHT
>
> This software adheres to the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
>
Bibhas Bhattacharya writes:
> GPL is far from a straight forward licensing policy.
The GPL is one of the most straightforward of the properly drafted free
software licenses. It is the homebrew licenses that try to "leave out all
the legal gobbledygook" that are full of loopholes and unintended
co
"Bibhas Bhattacharya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a right to charge for execution of a software as long as I
> (or my organisation) is the soul author. (Which the case with WTEST).
True. However Debian has the right to decide not to distribute your
software. And that is what Debian will
It seems like it's possible to achieve your objectives without preventing
Debian and other Linux distributions from including your program by making a
few changes in how you ask commercial users to pay:
> My original intention of charging commercial users is to:
> - recover the cost of web b
GPL is far from a straight forward licensing policy. This current excercise
will hopefully clear up a lot of things, at least for me. So I thank Gregor
for taking the initiative.
In the end, my approach either violates GPL or not. Let's keep the issues
with poor practice out of this. I will get ar
Gregor writes:
> From your understanding: Would we be allowed to include this piece in
> Debian (i.e. is it DFSG free) or is not not ?
What he has done is release wtest under the GPL with the added condition
that it is not free for commercial use and that you must get his permission
to use it to t
Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
COPYRIGHT
This software adheres to the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
You can re-use portions of this software and create a modified
version of the software only if the resultant work also adheres to
GPL.
COST
The soft
Please, would you tell me what you think about the conditions on wtest
(http://www.interlog.com/~bibhas/wtest/WTEST.html).
In the README to wtest, there is:
COPYRIGHT
This software adheres to the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
You can re-use portions of this software and create a modified
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