On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 06:19:00PM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > * Any form of redistribution which connects to the published Team XLink > > > Orbital Server list resource, for Orbital Server aquisition, or otherwise, > > > or which interoperates with any existing software used by other member(s) > > > of the XLink Kai: Evolution VII service, must be provided to end users at > > > no cost, and may not contain advertising information of any sort, aside > > > from one permitted link in an "About" dialog window which is not displayed > > > unless the user explicitly directs the software to display it. > > > > This is a non-free condition. It must be possible to sell copies of > > Debian packages. > > It only causes problems when you are connecting to the XLink Kai: > Evolution VII service, but I assume that the main point of the > software is to connect to that service, so unless someone else starts > up an alternative server, for pratical reasons, it's non-free.
The purpose of software very rarely (if ever) has any relevance to the freeness of its license. The clause is no less non-free if someone starts up an alternative server, and it would be just as non-free if applied to dpkg or ls. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
