[Fedora-packaging] Is this license okay for a fedora package?

Jason L Tibbitts III tibbs at math.uh.edu
Wed Mar 28 20:09:41 UTC 2007


>>>>> "JW" == Jarod Wilson <jwilson at redhat.com> writes:

JW> I'd like to package up Maia Mailguard, and the license appears to
JW> be original BSD (advertising clause included) with a branding
JW> extension added. Thoughts?

In a way it's sort of like the GFDL with its invariant section.  I
personally think that kind of thing renders the software "non-free",
but I'm not a lawyer.

See also http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/02/msg00178.html

 - J<




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