Dear list readers! I got no further response from Ribbonsoft. Is the below statement strong enough to consider dxflib free? Regards, Volker Fröhlich On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 20:51 +0100, Volker Froehlich wrote: > Dear Andrew! > > Thank you for your prompt response. > > The problem is, the paragraph in question circumscribes the terms of the > GPL and it fails to do it properly. That's what's causing the problem. > Besides that, the term "Open Source Edition" is not clarified, as far as > I could see. > > If the license stated in this file does not apply, can you please remove > it from the tarball and just include a copy of the FSF license instead? > > Regards, > > Volker Fröhlich > > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 20:36 +0100, Andrew Mustun wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The dxflib Open Source Edition is licensed under the terms of the > > GPL v2 without anything to add or remove from that. > > > > The paragraph below is meant to clarify what GPL / Open Source > > means. If your application is released under the GPL v2, the > > commercial license contained in file dxflib_commercial_license.txt > > simply does not apply at all for you. > > > > Regards, > > Andrew Mustun > > > > On 10/31/12 8:24 PM, Volker Froehlich wrote: > > > Dear RibbonSoft! > > > > > > I'm a packager with the Fedora GNU/Linux distribution. I'm packaging > > > SAGA GIS (https://sourceforge.net/projects/saga-gis/), which uses > > > dxflib. > > > > > > I read that the "Open Source Edition" of dxflib was licensed under the > > > terms of GPL version 2. While this is clearly stated in the headers of > > > the source code, the file dxflib_commercial_license.txt causes us > > > headache. > > > > > > """ > > > NOTE: dxflib Open Source Edition is licensed under the terms of the > > > GPL and not under this Agreement. If Licensee has, at any time, > > > developed all (or any portions of) the Application(s) using RibbonSoft's > > > publicly licensed dxflib Open Source Edition, Licensee must comply > > > with RibbonSoft's requirements and license such Application(s) > > > (or any portions derived there from) under the terms of the Free > > > Software Foundation's GNU General Public License version 2 (the "GPL") a > > > copy of which is located at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html#SEC1 > > > (i.e., any Product(s) and/or parts, components, portions thereof > > > developed using GPL licensed software, including dxflib Open Source > > > Edition, must be licensed under the terms of the GPL, and the GPL-based > > > source code must be made available upon request). > > > """ > > > > > > Tom Callaway of Red Hat found this statement was not in line with the > > > GPL and therefore non-free: > > > > > > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/legal/2011-October/001734.html > > > > > > It'd be great if we could work this out together. A clear license > > > situation would allow to include dxflib in Fedora and other > > > distributions that care about software freedom. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Volker Fröhlich > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > legal mailing list > legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
