> ... WITHIN THAT CONSTRAINT, 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 ... > > `without fee', seems to mean that commercial distribution is not > allowed, and thus making it incompatible with the GPL, and non-free as > well. Do people agree with this reading? If so, we must rewrite, or > remove these parts of inetutils. > > Are you sure it doesn't mean "no fee is required to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose"? I think it's disclaiming any royalties that might be implicitly required.
That is one interpretation. I am not sure which is safer.
