Thanks everyone for your help on these definitions. I'll send these to our editors for their input. And, also check with our legal department for their OK.
============= o Non-redistributable package A software package that might be freely available for download, but according to the terms of the software license, third parties are not allowed to redistribute without explicit permission. o Redistributable package A software package whose software license permits redistribution to other parties. The other parties enjoy the same rights as the original licensee. ========================= Lynne Lynne Thompson wrote: >Nicolas Williams wrote: > > > >>On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 02:25:23PM -0700, Lynne Thompson wrote: >> >> >> >> >>> A software package that could be freely available >>> for download, but might not be redistributed or otherwise >>> transfered to a third party according to the terms of the >>> software license. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>It was the second "might" that was the problem, not the first. >> >>Try: >> >> A software package that might be freely available for download, but >> may not be redistributed or otherwise ... >> >>And you can re-order it a bit: >> >> A software package that might be freely available for download, but >> which, according to the terms of its software license, may no be >> redistributed or otherwise ... >> >>"Might" indicates possibility. "May" indicates permission, and "may >>not" indicates lack of permission. >> >>Sometimes "may" is used to indicate possibility. In this case by using >>"might" in the first instance and "may not" in the second the intention >>is clarified: there is no permission to redistribute. >> >>If you want to avoid this odd ambiguity of "may" you could write: >> >> A software package that might be freely available for download, but >> which, according to the terms of the its software license, third >> parties are not allowed to redistribute without explicit permission. >> >>Or something like that. >> >>Nico >> >> >> >> >I was trying to avoid the problem with "may" indicating permission. >Your rewrite helps solve that problem. I've made some minor >adjustments. > >o Non-redistributable package > > A software package that might be freely available > for download, but according to the terms of the > software license, third parties are not allowed to > redistribute without explicit permission. > >thanks! >lynne > > >_______________________________________________ >pkg-discuss mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss > > _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
