[sword-devel] Remaining licence/copyright issues (was: SWORD 1.6.0RC2)

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

2009/4/24 Ben Morgan <benpmorgan at gmail.com>

>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs <
> dmitrij.ledkov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2009/4/22 Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden at fastmail.fm>:
>> > One quick first impression: there are still a few files in the RC2
>> tarball
>> > that
>> >
>> >  licencecheck -r *
>> >
>> >  src/modules/common/sapphire.cpp: *No copyright* UNKNOWN
>>
>> /*
>>
>>   Implementation of POSIX directory browsing functions and types for
>> Win32.
>>
>>   Kevlin Henney (mailto:kevlin at acm.org), March 1997.
>>
>>   Copyright Kevlin Henney, 1997. All rights reserved.
>>
>>   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
>>   documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
>>   that this copyright and permissions notice appear in all copies and
>>   derivatives, and that no charge may be made for the software and its
>>   documentation except to cover cost of distribution.
>>
>>   This software is supplied "as is" without express or implied warranty.
>>
>>   But that said, if there are any problems please get in touch.
>>
>> */
>>
>> This meets DFSG criteria so it can be distributed by debian. IMHO it
>> can be linked compiled by GPLv2 software..... not a lawyer though.
>>
>> DFSG criteria can be found here:
>> http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
>>
> Does it meet those criteria, though?
>
>    1.
>
>    *Free Redistribution*
>
>    The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from
>    selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software
>    distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license
>    may not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.
>
> Does that go well with "no charge may be made for the software and its
> documentation except to cover cost of distribution."?
> I'm not sure this is GPL compatible either.
>

Good point. No clue. There have been no replies on debian-legal yet.


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> Ben
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Dmitrijs Ledkovs (for short Dima),
Ледков Дмитрий Юрьевич
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