license questions

[Hans de Goede]

Gianluca Sforna wrote:
> On 1/18/07, Till Maas <opensource at till.name> wrote:
>> On Thursday 18 January 2007 00:38, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 00:13 +0100, Till Maas wrote:
>>
>> > > are these two licenses ok for packages in fedora/extras:
>> > > | This software is in the public domain. Permission to use, copy, 
>> modify,
>> > > | and distribute this software and its documentation for any 
>> purpose and
>> > > | without fee is hereby granted, without any conditions or 
>> restrictions.
>> > > | This software is provided "as is" without express or implied 
>> warranty.
>> > >
>> > > from http://www.fourmilab.ch/xd/
>> >
>> > Yes, Public Domain is GPL Compatible, Free.
>>
>> To be sure you did not read over it, the "without fee" requirement in 
>> the text
>> above is not a problem?
>>
> Of course, IANAL, but I read it as they are giving anyone those rights
> without asking a fee in return. That is, the "without fee" not being
> part of the restrictions but of the granted rights.
> 

I agree, they clearly state its Public Domain and thats a well defined 
legal term.

Regards,

Hans