Varun Hiremath <[email protected]> > The chess tablebase files are generated by the Gaviota Engine whose > license is clearly not DFSG compatible. However, the author is > releasing the generated database files under the MIT license. Is the > MIT license for these database files DFSG compatible? [...]
Yes, MIT/X11 is DFSG-compatible and http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses says similar licences are already in the archive. The Gaviota Engine licence shouldn't apply to the database files. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOutput for a similar topic. Thanks for asking, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
