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Re: maybe-ITP: bsdiff
- From: "Tacvek" <unknown_kev_cat at hotmail dot com>
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 15:06:23 -0400
- Subject: Re: maybe-ITP: bsdiff
I don't see a problem with this license. It certainly doesn't make any
problems as part of a Cygwin distro, as long as you (the maintainer)
adhere to the BSDPL when tweaking the package for the Cygwin distro.
The Clause:
In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Red Hat permits programs whose
sources are distributed under a license that complies with the Open Source
definition to be linked with libcygwin.a/cygwin1.dll without
libcygwin.a/cygwin1.dll itself causing the resulting program to be covered
by the GNU GPL.
the problem: The OSF was unable to decide if the BSDPL is OSD complient. It
looks like they may have concluded it was not. See the thread at
http://www.mail-archive.com/license-discuss@opensource.org/msg04670.html
No discussion was held on debian-legal about this licence and its DFSG
freeness, AFIACT.