Yet another license question

[Hans de Goede]

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