xmlroff (http://xmlroff.org/) is under a BSD license http://xmlroff.org/browser/trunk/xmlroff/COPYING which has an additional sentence:
"You acknowledge that this Software is not designed, licensed or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility."
Does this means it can't be included in Fedora?
Jens
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:00:32 +1000 Jens Petersen petersen@redhat.com wrote:
xmlroff (http://xmlroff.org/) is under a BSD license http://xmlroff.org/browser/trunk/xmlroff/COPYING which has an additional sentence:
"You acknowledge that this Software is not designed, licensed or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility."
Does this means it can't be included in Fedora?
I don't see a problem with that myself. It's not a restriction. It's basically an additional "there is no warranty" disclaimer.
josh
Josh Boyer wrote:
"You acknowledge that this Software is not designed, licensed or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility."
Does this means it can't be included in Fedora?
I don't see a problem with that myself. It's not a restriction. It's basically an additional "there is no warranty" disclaimer.
I think the sticking point is the "not ... licensed" part.
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:51:55 -0500 Todd Zullinger tmz@pobox.com wrote:
Josh Boyer wrote:
"You acknowledge that this Software is not designed, licensed or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility."
Does this means it can't be included in Fedora?
I don't see a problem with that myself. It's not a restriction. It's basically an additional "there is no warranty" disclaimer.
I think the sticking point is the "not ... licensed" part.
OOPS. Yeah, missed that totally.
josh
On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 12:00 +1000, Jens Petersen wrote:
xmlroff (http://xmlroff.org/) is under a BSD license http://xmlroff.org/browser/trunk/xmlroff/COPYING which has an additional sentence:
"You acknowledge that this Software is not designed, licensed or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility."
Does this means it can't be included in Fedora?
Yes. That license is a show stopper, because of the wording "not ... licensed ... for use". Is Sun the copyright holder on that license? The last time we saw that license, Sun was the author, and they seemed willing to fix the wording.
~spot
Yes. That license is a show stopper, because of the wording "not ... licensed ... for use". Is Sun the copyright holder on that license? The last time we saw that license, Sun was the author, and they seemed willing to fix the wording.
Ok, I'll try to contact upstream and see what they say.
Jens
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