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Re: It's now DFSG compliant? I think yes but...



Federico Di Gregorio writes:
> I think this will suffice to put noweb in main, but...  can someone
> double check that, please?

Looks ok to me.

And quotes:
> All rights reserved.

This is nonsensical, but harmless.

> Noweb is protected by copyright.

Yes, of course it is.  Everything "fixed into tangible form" is
"protected". Copyright is compulsory.

> ...it is not protected by a ``copyleft'' agreement like the one used by
> the Free Software Foundation.

Actually his license is very like the GPL, but not as well designed.  He
should just put it under the GPL and add his special conditions.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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