Re: Jam: which licence is this?

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On 2021-04-25, Jack Hill wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2021, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
>> On 2021-04-25, Jack Hill wrote:
>>> I'm working on packaging the Argyll Color Management System for Guix. To
>>> build, it uses the Jam tool, which has the following license:
>>>
>>> ```
>>> This is Release 2.5 of Jam, a make-like program.
>>>
>>> License is hereby granted to use this software and distribute it
>>> freely, as long as this copyright notice is retained and modifications
>>> are clearly marked.
>>>
>>> ALL WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
>>> ```
>>
>> Permission to use, check.
>> Permission to study, probably(?)
>> Permission to share, check.
>> Permission to modify, .... ?
>>
>> Is it even free software? There is no mention of modification which
>> doesn't appear to be free by my layman's reading...
>
> I do see a mention of modification "…modifications are clearly marked." 

Yes, somehow I glazed over this at first... it implies that
modifications which are clearly marked are allowed. :)

live well,
  vagrant

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