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.
Yeah, I think supercluster.org took care to fork the last good version of it. > > > 5. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on how > > > to > > > obtain complete source code for the OpenPBS software and any > > > modifications and/or additions to the OpenPBS software. The source > > > code > > > This triggers my "eh?" radar > > Yes, it is strangely drafted. The intent may be benign, but it is hard > to argue that it is necessarily so. > > > > 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. > > > The terms of the licence are "restrictions" on redistribution, so > > the modifications aren't under this licence, they're effectively > > public domain. Not a good thing. > > Not a good thing at all. Directly fails second half of DFSG #3. That was also the main point of the discussion back then. Only "John Galt" seemed to consider it violating DFSG #3 though, Thomas Bushnell et.al. seemed to argue that the second half of DFSG #3 does not apply. IANAL and I don't even pretend to play one on irc either, though ;) > > > 6. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of the > > > Software must display the following acknowledgment: > > > > > > "This product includes software developed by NASA Ames > > > Research Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and > > > Veridian Information Solutions, Inc. Visit www.OpenPBS.org > > > for OpenPBS software support, products, and information." > > > Blech, as we all know. Blech, as in: "Yuck, but still DFSG conforming?" Thanks for the input. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html
