On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Hack Kampbjorn wrote: > Gareth Pearce wrote: > > One thing to note is that in debian it is distributed under non-free. So > > perhaps someone might like to comment on if the license is valid for > > setup.exe distribution. > > If Debian has put it under non-free it does not meet Debian's poliy for main. > It's problamy not compatible with GPL or the OpenSource Definition > > > > For reference: > > http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/license/index.html > > http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/download.html > > I could not find the license under OSD Approved Licenses. And it's way too > longer to get an idea about it without spending several hours with a lawyer 8-( > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.php
Gareth, If all you need in GraphViz is DOT, you may consider distributing VCG (<http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html>) instead. It's graph description language is very similar to DOT's, and it's GPL'd. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton
