On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 02:59:02PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > epsUtils > -------- > > The GPL apply wit the following ammendment.
In what way does the GPL apply? The author apparently wants to avoid section 2 (which requires you to distribute the program as whole under the GPL), and then tacks on an attribution clause and what is basically a patch clause. He should throw out the GPL here all together, and pick or write a license that better fits what he intends. > Due to DNA I don´t have the right to publish the control > sequences used by this package. You don´t have the right > to make reverse enginnering in order to retrieve the control > sequences send to the printer through the library rwLib.a Unless I've signed a license to that effect, in most places, I believe I do have the right to reverse engineer those control sequences. > You may use the rwLib.a library for own programs and > distribute them, but in all case you have to distribute also > the original package epsUtils without change in the code and > file content and tell explicitelly that you use this component. > The following must appear: > > =============================================================== > This program use rwLib.a > Author: Jean-Jacques Sarton > Home Site: http://home.t-online.de/home/jj.sarton/index.html > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =============================================================== An ugly patch clause and an attribution clause. Does the author understand what the GPL is, or did he just pick it because everyone else uses it? -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I don't care if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored." - Joseph_Greg
