On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:49:41PM +0000, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [skipping the non-applicable clauses] > > Beware. http://www.openpbs.org/license.html does not exempt the two > first clauses anymore. Of course that does not affect old sources that > someone may genuinely have received under the older license text, but > taking care in what one does would be recommended. > > > > 3. Any Redistribution of source code must retain the above copyright > > > notice > > > and the acknowledgment contained in paragraph 6, this list of > > > conditions > > > and the disclaimer contained in paragraph 7. > > > Advertising clause. > > This is not an advertising clause. It just says that you must not > remove copyright notices. That is unproblematic, as is clause 4 (snipped).
"and the acknowledgement contained in paragraph 6". OK, so it's a pointer to an advertisement, but I don't program in languages with explicit pointers much any more. > > > all modifications and additions to the Software must be freely > > > redistributable by any party (including Licensor) without > > > restriction. > > > Oops. I think we just hit non-DFSG-free territory. As I read it > > (and I may be overly paranoid here) > > I don't think you're paranoid either; my reaction is similar to yours. Do you concur on my suggested remedy, replacing 'without restriction' with 'under terms identical to this licence'? - Matt
