[Bug 198830] Review Request: libmodelfile - library for accessing WorldForge model files

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Summary: Review Request: libmodelfile - library for accessing WorldForge model files
Alias: libmodelfile

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198830





------- Additional Comments From j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl  2006-07-19 03:52 EST -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> But ... I am having a problem with this package's licence.
> 
> You spec says "GPL", the tarball contains a copy of the GPL's COPYING, but the
> sources say:
> 
>  * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
>  * including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
>  * freely, subject to the following restrictions:
>  *
>  * 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
>  *    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
>  *    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
>  *    appreciated but is not required.
>  * 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
>  *    misrepresented as being the original software.
>  * 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
> 
> In my understanding, §1 and §3 are non critical, but §2 could be read a imposing
> additional constraits, i.e. as violation of the GPL, which would render shipping
> this package under the GPL impossible.


Yes, all sources carry this copyright header, right above the quoted text they say:
/* Copyright (C) 2004 Alistair Riddoch <alriddoch at zepler.org>

This goes for all sources, this is also the only name in the AUTHORS file, so
luckily this seems a one man project. Ask him to make up his mind, or put a
clear copyright notice somewhere that the code is dual licensed under both the
GPL and the license in the code.


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