Re: [gNewSense-users] Package license wording query

[Jay Clayton]

Thanks to you both for your help.

The package was libgsm not libgssapi as started in the e-mail (sorry
about the confusion) so it is still in the gNS repo.  This section as
Chris points out is now complete.  I'll made the final changes when I
get in from work tonight.

Thanks,
Jay
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 22:12 +0000, Chris Andrew wrote:
> Jay,
> 
> A quick look at your section would indicate that it is 100% free, well done!
> 
> We have the URL to the Ubuntu repo, so that we can check licences.
> Our own (gNS) repo has its own package list, and it looks like you've
> about completed that section.
> 
> Anyone care to take on Main libxj-libxz
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris.
> 
> On 26/11/2007, Kevin Dean <address@hidden> wrote:
> > That's a permissive, non-copyleft Free Software license. That note is
> > very clearly a request, not a licensing condition.
> >
> > On Nov 26, 2007 4:13 PM, Jay Clayton <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I wondered if anyone could help me with the following license for
> > > libgssapi.  This license looks similar to a BSD style license however it
> > > has the following wording;
> > >
> > > "As a matter of courtesy, the authors request to be informed about uses
> > > this software has found, about bugs in this software, and about any
> > > improvements that may be of general interest."
> > >
> > > I still think this can be regarded as a free software license still as
> > > it is a request rather than a requirement but I'm not 100% sure.  Any
> > > help with clarifying this would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jay
> > >
> > > The full license is located here;
> > > http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/libg/libgsm/libgsm_1.0.10-13/copyright
> > >
> > >
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