On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 17:39:45 -0700 Andi Payn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have one specific question and some general questions about Mandrake's > licensing policies. > > Let me start with the specific question: Frodo (a C64 emulator) allows you > to use, distribute, etc. Frodo binaries and source code, and to use Frodo's > source in a compatibly-licensed larger work (anything non-commercial). But > you can't distributed a modified version of Frodo itself. Mandrake is a commercial distro, so if it can only be distributed non-commercially, I guess that's a No-No. Unless you get written permission from the copyright holder, but I dunno what the policy of Mandrakesoft is on that. And what does modification mean? If you place the binary in /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin, is that modification? Or add an icon/menuentry to it? Or patch a Makefile? Or fix a (future) compilation bug? Maybe PLF is a better place for this then. > Is this appropriate for contribs? (I've enclosed the complete license at the > > end). And, if so, what License tag should the RPM carry? It's not GPL or BSD compatible. Not even free software, if you cannot modify it. It's open source, but not free as in free speech. You could tag it as Freeware, which means free as in beer. Check /usr/share/rpmlint/TagsCheck.py for valid licenses. > Anyway, here's the Frodo license: > > --- CUT HERE --- > > > The program "Frodo", this manual and the source code may be freely > > distributed as long as they remain unchanged (archiving and packing is > > allowed) and all files are included. You must not make any profit by > > selling Frodo, especially the price of a disk containing Frodo may not > > exceed US$ 5,- (or equivalent amounts in other currencies). Please feel > > free to distribute Frodo via bulletin board systems and networks and as > > part of shareware/freeware CD-ROMs. > > > > Anyone using this program agrees to incur the risk of using it for > > himself. In no way can the author be held responsible for any damage > > directly or indirectly caused by the use or misuse of this manual and/or > > the program. > > > > The rights on the source code remain at the author. It may not - not even > > in parts - used for commercial purposes without explicit written > > permission by the author. Permission to use it for non-commercial purposes > > is hereby granted als long as my copyright notice remains in the program. > > > > You are not allowed to use the source to create and distribute a modified > > version of Frodo. > > > > Frodo is not designed, intended, or authorized for use as a component in > > systems intended for surgical implant within the body, or other > > applications intended to support or sustain life, or for any other > > application in which the failure of Frodo could create a situation where > > personal injury or death may occur. > > -- Marcel Pol
