Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this >> * software must display the following acknowledgment: > > This does not place any conditions on the distribution or modification > of the work itself. It only places conditions on auxiliary material.
No, the license demands that the clause 3 part of the license is preserved together with the work itself: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. So you can't redistribute OpenSSL without including >> * "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project >> * for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)" both in the work itself (in the license), and on any auxiliary material (advertising material). That seems similar to cover texts to me: you can't redistribute a GFDL manual with cover texts without including the cover text both in the license text and on the cover page of the book. I would count the book cover under auxiliary material -- the cover is typically not part of the texinfo manual. FWIW, to me, the GFDL requirement seems less problematic than the OpenSSL requirement: the GFDL cover text requirement only applies to the cover of books. It doesn't say anything about other advertising material that is not derived from the work. >> I believe the license clause is annoying, but, as for OpenSSL, does >> not make it impossible to use the licensed material freely, and in >> particular, should not prevent including it in main. > > Yes, I agree that it is annoying. I think that RMS also thought it was > annoying, which makes me wonder why he doesn't mind invariant sections > in documentation. I'm sure he's answered that question before, so if > someone has a pointer to where I can look that up, I'd be interested. There is http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html although it doesn't discuss license details. /Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
