On Mon, 02 Mar 2009, MJ Ray wrote: > > * URL : http://www-sop.inria.fr/odyssee/software/OpenMEEG/ > > * License : CeCILL-B
> There is a concern that CeCILL-B contaminates other software (the > debian websites) because of the advertising requirement in 5.3.4.3, as > explained in > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/12/msg00059.html I guess 5.3.5 could help? A Modified Software may be distributed under the CeCILL-C license. In such a case the provisions set forth in Article 5.3.4 shall be optional. So, if I modify and distribute, it could be under -C, hence no 5.3.4 mess... am I reading it correctly? ;) > Is it possible to convert it to the GNU GPL as described in > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/12/msg00045.html > and avoid this problem? I didn't get actually how it could completely change the license... > I think the debian archive has no mechanism that ensures reproduction > of an intellectual property notice on a website for all versions > distributed, so this may be a practical problem. if we resort to 5.3.5, then I guess it is not an issue? -- Yaroslav Halchenko Research Assistant, Psychology Department, Rutgers-Newark Student Ph.D. @ CS Dept. NJIT Office: (973) 353-1412 | FWD: 82823 | Fax: (973) 353-1171 101 Warren Str, Smith Hall, Rm 4-105, Newark NJ 07102 WWW: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yarik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
