Tom "spot" Callaway wrote, at 10/21/2009 10:16 PM +9:00: > On 10/20/2009 11:15 AM, Mamoru Tasaka wrote: >> Hello: >> >> Now I am considering to package FDClone [1]. However FDClone >> uses very unique license. Note that FDClone developer says that the official >> license is the one written in Japanese [2] and the link [3] is only >> the translation into English. >> >> >From my viewpoint, the author (licensor) seems to be just saying that >> the author won't take any responsibility for the package if >> a distributor don't make any "registration", although the license text is >> not short. >> >> I will appreciate it if it is investigated if this license can be accepted >> on Fedora or not. >> >> [1] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/ (in Japanese) >> [2] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/LICENSES.txt >> [3] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/LICENSES.eng.txt > > Mamoru, > > The English translation is very confusing. It would be very helpful if a > better translation of the original license was made available. > > Thanks, > > ~tom
Well, then I may have to try to translate Japanese license text into English, which will take some time (as I am not a laywer). Regards, Mamoru _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
