Re: Packaging xphoon
On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Juan Cespedes wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, David Frey wrote:
>
> > I've packaged xphoon and I'm going to upload it.
> > Are there any objections?
> > The copyright is BSD-like:
> >
> > Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer and Craig Leres.
> >
> > Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> > documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
> > that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
> > copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
> > documentation. This software is provided "as is" without express or
> > implied warranty.
>
> If that's all the copyright, then I think it's not DFSG free.
> It fails #3 and #4 (it does not mention the right to modify it).
Read again. It says "Permission to (...) modify (...)".
But I think the "without fee" causes it to fail #1.
Remco
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