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Re: [gNewSense-users] Proprietary software in gNewSense - 'Beneath a Ste
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Matthew Flaschen |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] Proprietary software in gNewSense - 'Beneath a Steel Sky' and 'Flight of the Amazon Queen' |
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Sat, 19 May 2007 17:13:18 -0400 |
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Guy Johnston wrote:
> The list of licences on the GNU website mentions a licence for fonts which is
> similar to this (the
> SIL Open Font License), and it says "The Open Font License (including its
> original release, version
> 1.0) is a free copyleft license for fonts. Its only unusual requirement is
> that fonts be distributed
> with some computer program, rather than alone. Since a simple Hello World
> program will satisfy the
> requirement, it is harmless. Neither we nor SIL recommend the use of this
> license for anything other
> than fonts."
That's a valid point. I had forgotten about that license. I guess this
is a tolerable, if misguided, provision. This exception has always been
part of the open source definition ("The license shall not restrict any
party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an
aggregate software distribution").
Matt Flaschen
Re: [gNewSense-users] Proprietary software in gNewSense - 'Beneath a Steel Sky' and 'Flight of the Amazon Queen', Mark H. Weaver, 2007/05/19
Re: [gNewSense-users] Proprietary software in gNewSense - 'Beneath a Steel Sky' and 'Flight of the Amazon Queen', Josh Martens, 2007/05/19