"Giacomo A. Catenazzi" <c...@debian.org> writes: > === FLTK License, May 2001 === > FLTK License > Ammended May 4, 2001 > > The following ammendments to the GNU Library General Public > License apply for the FLTK library: > > 1. Modifications to the FLTK configure script, config > header file, and makefiles by themselves to support > a specific platform do not constitute a modified or > derived work.
Do the copyright holders get to declare what is or is not a derived work? I would expect that to be a matter of law, not to be defined in the license terms. > The authors do request that such modifications be > contributed to the FLTK project - send all > contributions to "fltk-b...@fltk.org". It's explicitly a request, so this doesn't impose an additional restriction. Good. > 2. Widgets that are subclassed from FLTK widgets do not > constitute a derived work. Ditto for re-defining the copyright law term “derived work”. > 3. Static linking of applications and widgets to the > FLTK library does not constitute a derived work > and does not require the author to provide source > code for the application or widget, use the shared > FLTK libraries, or link their applications or > widgets against a user version of FLTK. Ditto for re-defining the copyright law term “derived work”. > If the author links the application or widget to a > modified version of FLTK, then the changes to FLTK > must be provided under the terms in sections 1, 2, > and 4. Limiting the scope of the additional permission. Fine. > 4. Authors that develop applications and widgets that > use FLTK must include the following statement in > their user documentation: > > [program/widget] is based in part on the work of > the FLTK project (http://www.fltk.org). Imposing an additional restriction on top of what the LGPL requires, AFAICT. If so, this clause makes the work non-free. > === FLTK License, December 2001 === > > FLTK License > December 11, 2001 It seems that the above comments also apply to these terms. -- \ “My girlfriend said to me in bed last night, ‘You're a | `\ pervert’. I said, ‘That's a big word for a girl of nine’.” —Emo | _o__) Philips | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
