On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:50:29AM -0500, Fred Gray wrote: > Dear debian-legal eagles, > > Can I ask for your opinion on the following license, used for the Toba > Java-to-C translator? When read in plain English, it is certainly DFSG-free > and GPL-compatible. However, is the language sufficiently clear on the issue > of distributing modified copies, or is there a potential "Pine problem" here?
This certainly looks both DFSG-free and GPL-compatible. The use of
the word 'and' rather than 'or' seems to take care of the Pine problem
>
> Thanks very much,
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