Yet another license question
Hans de Goede
j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Tue Oct 3 06:11:02 UTC 2006
Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at ...> writes:
>> 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
>> must display the following acknowledgement:
>> This product includes software developed by the University of
>> California, Berkeley and its contributors.
>> </citation>
>>
>> Note: "ADVERTISING materials ... or USE ..."
>
> Well, an "advertising material mentioning use of this software" is not the same
> as "Any publications or presentations, including but not limited to journal
> articles, web publications, or conference presentations or proceedings,
> resulting from the use of this software". This clause is a lot more broad. It's
> as if LaTeX required you to quote a paper on LaTeX in each and every paper you
> write with it, or if the GIMP required you to quote a paper next to any picture
> you edit using it.
>
> While I don't have any decisive power whatsoever on Fedora, I'd really urge
> those who do to at least get this issue reviewed (maybe ask the FSF?) before
> issueing a blanket "it's OK", because I believe this to be a serious issue and
> a worrying precedent.
>
> Kevin Kofler
>
+1, its unfurtonate, but this license is not free, as very clearly
explained by Kevin. Perhaps upstream can be nudged into changing the
license?
Regards,
Hans
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