Re: ham radio files missing

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 10:03:34AM -0400, Jim Hartzell wrote:

> Some programs have newer versions out there but SUSE RPMs
> for them are hard to find, XASTIR is one. 

Hmm, IIRC Xastir has a licence issue...

Ah, yes, found it. rotated.c states:

/* xvertext 5.0, Copyright (c) 1993 Alan Richardson ([email protected])
 *
 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
 * documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
 * that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both the
 * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
 * documentation.  All work developed as a consequence of the use of
 * this program should duly acknowledge such use. No representations are
 * made about the suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is
 * provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
 */

IMHO (however, IANAL) this is is incompatible to the GPL ("without fee"
collides with section 6 of the GPL: "You may not impose any further
restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.")

Thus I feel reluctant to package Xastir, despite Xastir being an excellent
program...

73,
-- 
Joerg Reuter DL1BKE                             http://yaina.de/jreuter
And I make my way to where the warm scent of soil fills the evening air. 
Everything is waiting quietly out there....                 (Anne Clark)

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