On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 07:17:46PM -0500, Aubin Paul wrote: > Hello all, > > I'd like to package this utility which I've found quite useful, > anyway, there were some questions that I raised regarding the license, > which states: > "not modified in any way, and it is not sold for profit." > > The author has clarified somewhat below, but I don't know if this is > enough to get into main...
We will only know when we see the revised license terms. But judging from his intentions: > I see what you mean. I will revise that with the next release. Selling a > CD-ROM or a distribution with rpl on it is fine. I just don't want someone > coming along and saying "Buy rpl for $19.95" or anything like that. If > your legal folks need that revised I can do so sooner rather than later. If that is what he is going to do (expempting distributions, and not allowing just to sell rpl), it will be non-free. Except if he is very careful with wording it (see the Artistic License, "Reasonable copying fee"). Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de
