IANAL, but as I read the license says that there are NO restrictions as to it's use in any way. > "with the only requirement > being that the above copyright and this permission > notice remain intact." or am I missing the point somewhere? Dale
Chris Radek wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:09:50PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>Chris: Without trying to be a lawyer cuz I'm not, just curious, what was the >>objection based on? > > > Whoah right there! I don't object to anyone making a derivative work > of my truetype-tracer. I encourage such things - that's why I used > the GPL license in the first place. > > I initially contacted Till because there were binaries but no > corresponding source on his webpage. He fixed that immediately, no > problem. He just hadn't put up the source files yet. > > Later, he discovered this other problem about the conflicting > licenses. > > I am not sure if xfig and truetype-tracer are incompatible. The > GPL requires that a derivative work also be distributed under the > GPL, but the xfig license allows the program to become proprietary: > > Any party obtaining a copy of these files is granted, > free of charge, a full and unrestricted irrevocable, > world-wide, paid up, royalty-free, nonexclusive right > and license to deal in this software and documentation > files (the "Software"), including without limitation > the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish > distribute, sublicense and/or sell copies of the > Software, and to permit persons who receive copies from > any such party to do so, with the only requirement > being that the above copyright and this permission > notice remain intact. > > Since Till's right to "modify/merge/publish/distribute" xfig is > "unrestricted", it might be possible for him to use the GPL for the > combined work. I don't know what it means for this "notice" to > "remain intact" but that's a requirement. Is "intact" the same as "in > effect"? I hope someone else who knows more than me can help. > > I think this is a cool and useful project and hope it's possible for > Till to release it under the terms of the GPL. But, I suspect the > intent of the xfig authors was to allow anyone to make the program > proprietary (even if the words don't say exactly that). In that case, > Till unfortunately can't satisfy both licenses and cannot distribute > the combined work. I appreciate his care/attention in this matter. > > Chris > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
