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Re: Is this DFSG-free ?



On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Kristoffer H. Rose wrote:

> Is the following DFSG-free?  It is the license of the "Standard ML of New
> Jersey" system.  It does not discrimate commercial uses but it *does* worry
> me that there is a requirement of only distributing "without fee" ...

It just means that you don't have to pay the copyright owners.

This is the usual interpretation of the "without fee" words, and it
does not make it non-free.

[ If you do a grep "without fee" `find . -name copyright` you will see
a lot of packages like this one ].

Thanks.

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