On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 10:14:04AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > Can anyone tell me if the "Art Libre" license ( > http://moleinvasion.tuxfamily.org/download/snd/LICENSE.txt ) might be > considered DFSG-free? It's written in french, and although I can more or less > understand a part of it, I'm incapable of be sure whether it might be > DFSG-free or not.
Simple copyleft, clearly inspired by the GPL but modified to apply to traditional genre of art. Also unfortunately adopts some of the typical language of copyright law in discussing "modifying originals" vs. "modifying copies", drawing a distinction that doesn't apply very well to electronic media. The only clause I would draw attention to is the following: 2.2 LA LIBERTÉ DE DIFFUSER, D'INTERPRÉTER (OU DE REPRÉSENTATION): Vous pouvez diffuser librement les copies de ces oeuvres, modifiées ou non, quel que soit le support, quel que soit le lieu, à titre onéreux ou gratuit si vous respectez toutes les conditions suivantes: [...] - indiquer au destinataire où il pourra avoir accès aux originaux (originels et/ou conséquents). L'auteur de l'original pourra, s'il le souhaite, vous autoriser à diffuser l'original dans les mêmes conditions que les copies. Off-the-cuff translation to English, feel free to check against artlibre.org if you wish: 2.2 Freedom to distribute and to interpret (or perform): You may freely distribute copies of these works, modified or not, regardless of the medium, regardless of the location, for a fee or free if you respect all of the following conditions: [...] - indicate to recipient where he can access the originals (original works and/or contributed works). The author of the original can, if he wishes, permit you to distribute the original under the same terms as the copies. I don't think that requiring a statement telling recipients where to get the original work is onerous or non-free, but it's the only thing that stands out, so I figured I'd point it out anyway. BTW, requests for license review should be sent to debian-legal, not to debian-mentors... -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]