On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 02:33:39PM +0200, Samuele Giovanni Tonon wrote: > i think that : > The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed > along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist > that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be free software. > > is different from : > > All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software > must display the following acknowledgement: > This product includes software developed by Niels Provos. > > because it doesn't place restriction on the software, but it just say: > "Hey if you try to sell/send CD's or brochures in which you mention > libevent (also stegdetect has the same license), you have to esplicitally say > that that sw was made by Niels Provos"
Read it as "as an additional restriction, all additional materials mentioning ..." It's still a restriction, and a cumbersome one. I don't recall what makes advertising clauses DFSG-free. Unenforcability? -- Glenn Maynard
