Hi Artur R. Czechowski, > Hello > > I would like to package a php4-rrdtool from wnpp[1]. I noticed that this > software has IMO incomplete licence. Full README file is available at: > http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/contrib/php4-rrdtool-1.03.txt > > Interesting part about copyright below. > > You are free to redistribute the source provided my name is kept at > the top of the source files as credit for the original author. I > make no warranties to the usability of this software, nor I am > responsible if your machine explodes (although it shouldn't). > > I think that the author's intention was to place this code in any open > source licence but the cited paragraph is not in compliance with DFSG: > there is no information on redistribution of modified sources and/or > binaries.
It's clear that he intends the GPL from his website: <http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/license.html> You may wish to clarify that the form of credit discussed is merely a request. The request interpretation is reinforced by this page which links to the licence: <http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/> The link to the licence states "You like RRDtool? There is a simple way to show your appreciation." Regards, Adam