Re: srfi licensing

Michael Sperber <sperber-jNDFPZUTrfQQDnmTUQnR1uqEdJ8o/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.scheme.plt.schematics
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>>>>> "MJ" == MJ Ray <[email protected]> writes:

MJ> Did the lawyers look for "this is crystal clear" or "I would be able
MJ> to argue that in court"?

Both.  I actually find the license clear enough.

MJ> Did you have lawyers from both case and code
MJ> law regions?

I don't know.

MJ> If someone posts their replies (with permission) to debian-legal,
MJ> it would probably help inform the discussion.

I'll try to dredge it up when I have time; but I'm really getting
tired of spending effort on these morons.

MJ> Is there really any reason for the limit on allowed purposes for
MJ> modification? The aim of given in the FAQ is better achieved through
MJ> other means that I mentioned. If this is off-topic here, please help
MJ> me to move it somewhere better.

Yes; the purpose is to prevent people from saying that a modified
version is indeed the original.

>> (I'm suprised they think 13 and 14 are OK---they weren't OK with
>> scsh.)

MJ> Who do you mean by "they"? This preliminary analysis is my work,
MJ> considering only the schematics files so far, not anyone else's work
MJ> or on any other files. The copies of 13 and 14 both came from GNU/MIT
MJ> Scheme (13 via scsh), so I assumed they were clean. Do you know a
MJ> problem with them?

Yeah, they're (as is) covered by the MIT license, which isn't free
according to Debian.  However, Chris Hanson made the code available
under a BSD license recently---but that was in a private email to us,
so the Debian folks probably don't know this yet.

-- 
Cheers =8-} Mike
Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla


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