Re: Is this license okay for a fedora package?

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On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 15:09 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >>>>> "JW" == Jarod Wilson <jwilson@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> JW> I'd like to package up Maia Mailguard, and the license appears to
> JW> be original BSD (advertising clause included) with a branding
> JW> extension added. Thoughts?
> 
> In a way it's sort of like the GFDL with its invariant section.  I
> personally think that kind of thing renders the software "non-free",
> but I'm not a lawyer.

Not sure if that license is free, to me it stinks, but in any case the
GFDL is a Documentation License, not a Software License, let's keep
apples to apples comparisons, and let's try to not get infected by the
Debian disease about defining what is software.

Simo.

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