On 07-Oct-2014, Joachim Breitner wrote: > I think the explanation is > https://github.com/DavidKinder/Inform6/commit/cb81f1045fcb445ae2d160c13979b61abec52b6f > which is is probably good enough. (It could be better, e.g. a notice in > each and every file... but hey, at leas something to work with)
Another lack is insufficient clarify to know what it is that is
actually licensed. The text added in that commit begins:
Inform 6 is published under the original Inform licence (see the
Inform Designer's Manual, fourth edition, 2001), or under the
Artistic License 2.0, at the user's choice.
without clarifying what constitutes “Inform 6”.
Over at bug#484336 <URL:https://bugs.debian.org/484336#30>, we learn
that a some different repositories have more specific license terms for
what is also presumably Inform 6.
At <URL:https://github.com/DavidGriffith/inform6unix>, which declares
<URL:https://github.com/DavidGriffith/inform6unix/blob/master/VERSION>
it is “Inform version 6.32, library version 6/11.”, we see:
The compiler and standard library for Inform6 are licensed under
1) The traditional Inform license as described by the DM4, or
2) The Artistic License 2.0 (see ARTISTIC).
The user is free to choose which license to accept, i.e., free to choose
either set of terms and conditions.
<URL:https://github.com/DavidGriffith/inform6unix/commit/0088b76941a2c5b44b7491fb239730259dd6974d>
At <URL:https://github.com/DavidGriffith/inform6lib>, which declares
<URL:https://github.com/DavidGriffith/inform6lib/blob/master/README.txt>
that “This is version 6/12 of the Inform Library”, we see:
The Inform 6 Library is licensed under either
1) The traditional Inform license as described by the DM4, or
2) The Artistic License 2.0 (see ARTISTIC).
The user is free to choose which license to accept, i.e., free to choose
either set of terms and conditions.
<URL:https://github.com/DavidGriffith/inform6lib/commit/c676cda8a96829afb58f4660e1392dbae9d732bc>
Do either of those give us enough to package a complete Inform 6
(compiler and standard library) in Debian under free software terms?
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