On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 14:22 -0400, dcoffin@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Nils, > > How about this text: > > No license is required to download and use dcraw.c. However, > to lawfully redistribute dcraw, you must either (a) offer, at > no extra charge, full source code* for all executable files > containing RESTRICTED functions, (b) distribute this code under > some version of the GPL, (c) remove all RESTRICTED functions, > re-implement them, or copy them from an earlier, unrestricted > Revision of dcraw.c, or (d) purchase a license from the author. > > The functions that process Foveon images have been RESTRICTED > since Revision 1.237. All other code remains free for all uses. > > *If you have not modified dcraw.c in any way, a link to my > homepage qualifies as "full source code". > > I'm not sure "some version of the GPL" is precise enough. > Are there any bugs in early GPL versions that I should know about? I think the wording should probably be "(b) redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version." This is far less ambiguous, and avoids the GPLv1 (which the FSF really doesn't want anyone using anymore). ~spot _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
