1 May
2006
1 May
'06
1:28 p.m.
On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 13:22 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
Without going into legal technicalities, that license clearly has the following problems:
- Commercial use restricted (2b) -- Can't be used in any commercial application or product.
Yep. This one is a deal-breaker for inclusion in Fedora.
Ok, they were afraid of that, but knew it was a possibility. However they really want to prevent incorporation of the framework into a commercial product. They really just don't want people to sell it, even if they contribute back. Oh well, the 2.5 tree is usable and has an acceptable license.
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Jesse Keating RHCE (geek.j2solutions.net)
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