On Thursday, 01 December 2005, at 15:47:01 (+0900), Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> it provides the rights to duplicate and modify freely as long as you > give credit as to the source, provide source, or email the > authors. read it. this means you CAN distribute it under the same > name - with modifications and/or changes. I have read it many times. Nowhere does it specifically state "you CAN distribute it under the same name - with modifications and/or changes." Thus, drawing this conclusion is a result of INTERPRETATION, not merely READING, and is thus subject to judicial review. There's a reason nobody forked XFree86's code base prior to the license change and maintained the XFree86 name. Everyone changing to Xorg (or xorg-x11 for packages) was a royal pain in the ass. But it was necessary because using XFree86 would have created confusion and, more than likely, a legal battle. Same applies here. The license gives permission for things one can do to the source code and documentation, not the product name. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't kill flies but I like to mess with their minds. I hold them above globes. They freak out and yell, 'Whoa, I'm way too high!' " -- Bruce Baum ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
