Upstream author provides new license. This program is distributed as a free software. You can use/copy/modify/redistribute this software freely but with NO warranty to anything as a result of using this software.
How is it? >>>>> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:06:46 -0500 >>>>> pe...@p12n.org(Peter Samuelson) said: > > > [TANIGUCHI Takaki] > > * "free software" satisfies > > "freely usable, freely (re-)distributable > > without any charge for itself, freely modifiable unless the > > original author(=me)'s copyrights are infringed or neglected, > > absolutely not responsible to any result from itself. " > > "([R]e-)distributable without any charge for itself" implies, or may > imply, that I cannot put xcite on a CD with other Debian software and > sell the CD for profit. The author possibly intended that I can, but > the statement is too ambiguous. > > The author also does not give permission to distribute modified > versions. You might think this is implied ... but not necessarily. > In particular this was a problem with Pine; the license looked as > though perhaps we could distribute modified versions, but upstream > didn't think they had said that. > > "[U]nless the author(=me)'s copyrights are infringed" makes the clause > fairly meaningless, because the whole point of a copyright license is > to grant rights that would otherwise infringe the author's copyrights. > It is a bit like saying "You may steal things from stores except where > prohibited by law". > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > -- 谷口 貴紀 (TANIGUCHI Takaki) tak...@asis.media-as.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
