Stephen Frost wrote: > > > 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's > > > source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you > > > conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate > > > copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the > > > notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; > > > and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License > > > along with the Program. > > > > > > That's an existing restriction in the GPL, therefore a restriction in > > > another license for the same thing is acceptable to the GPL for a > > > resultant work. You'll also note above it says "an appropriate > > > copyright notice". > > > > I don't see were is says that another license's restriction that is the > > same as a GPL restriction, but for a different license, is OK. > > It says that above under 6- You may not impose any *further* > restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. > > I appriciate your pedantism but in the end it really doesn't matter very > much. This is, aiui anyway, the way Debian interprets the various > licenses. You're welcome to your own interpretation.
That was my point --- that it isn't clear what "additional restrictions" are, and that an advertizing clause or additional license can be interpreted as the same thing. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
