Re: FDClone license

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Tom "spot" Callaway wrote, at 10/21/2009 10:16 PM +9:00:
> On 10/20/2009 11:15 AM, Mamoru Tasaka wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>> Now I am considering to package FDClone [1]. However FDClone
>> uses very unique license. Note that FDClone developer says that the official
>> license is the one written in Japanese [2] and  the link [3] is only
>> the translation into English.
>>
>> >From my viewpoint, the author (licensor) seems to be just saying that 
>> the author won't take any responsibility for the package if 
>> a distributor don't make any "registration", although the license text is
>> not short.
>>
>> I will appreciate it if it is investigated if this license can be accepted
>> on Fedora or not.
>>
>> [1] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/ (in Japanese)
>> [2] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/LICENSES.txt
>> [3] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/LICENSES.eng.txt
> 
> Mamoru,
> 
> The English translation is very confusing. It would be very helpful if a
> better translation of the original license was made available.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ~tom

Well, then I may have to try to translate Japanese license text into English, 
which will take some time (as I am not a laywer).

Regards,
Mamoru

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