Hello,
I'm packaging SQL Relay and the Python API is released under the "PointOne Public License", as it was written by a guy working for PointOne Telecommunications, Inc. at the time. It appears to piggyback off of Digital Creations' Zope license, though I'm not sure which version.
Is this license acceptable for Fedora packaging? If so, how should I refer to it in the spec file?
License follows, as it was submitted to me, originally.
Thanks,
David Muse david.muse@firstworks.com
PointOne Public License
FOR ORIGINAL CREATIONS
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On 01/09/2017 09:45 PM, David Muse wrote:
PointOne Public License
Okay, this one is weird. The first part is an MIT variant, the second is a ZPL 1.0 variant. The wording "FOR ORIGINAL CREATIONS" and "FOR MODIFIED DISTRIBUTIONS" is not clear. I'm not sure which license would apply in what situations when the PointOne Public License is in use.
The MIT variant is functionally equivalent to the OSI "normal" MIT, just more verbose in that it describes a split between source and binary handling, whereas stock MIT just says "the Software"
The ZPL 1.0 variant (aside from the "why ZPL 1.0 vs the 2.0/2.1 fixed version) is archaic. Digital Creations doesn't exist anymore, the URLS in it are invalid. It's GPL incompatible, but its Free.
I don't think PointOne Telecommunications is around anymore to help shed light on this license, so I'm choosing to interpret it as "ZPL 1.0 or MIT". Use that tag in your package (in addition to any other licenses in play).
~tom
== Red Hat
On 1/12/2017 9:10 AM, Tom Callaway wrote:
On 01/09/2017 09:45 PM, David Muse wrote:
PointOne Public License
Okay, this one is weird. The first part is an MIT variant, the second is a ZPL 1.0 variant. The wording "FOR ORIGINAL CREATIONS" and "FOR MODIFIED DISTRIBUTIONS" is not clear. I'm not sure which license would apply in what situations when the PointOne Public License is in use.
The MIT variant is functionally equivalent to the OSI "normal" MIT, just more verbose in that it describes a split between source and binary handling, whereas stock MIT just says "the Software"
The ZPL 1.0 variant (aside from the "why ZPL 1.0 vs the 2.0/2.1 fixed version) is archaic. Digital Creations doesn't exist anymore, the URLS in it are invalid. It's GPL incompatible, but its Free.
I don't think PointOne Telecommunications is around anymore to help shed light on this license, so I'm choosing to interpret it as "ZPL 1.0 or MIT". Use that tag in your package (in addition to any other licenses in play).
~tom
== Red Hat
Excellent. Thanks Tom.
David david.muse@firstworks.com
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