www/licenses license-list.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/10/10 19:06:52

Modified files:
        licenses       : license-list.html 

Log message:
        (Oculus Rift SDK License): List as nonfree.
        (Scratch): license is no longer used by Scratch.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.414&r2=1.415

Patches:
Index: license-list.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.414
retrieving revision 1.415
diff -u -b -r1.414 -r1.415
--- license-list.html   9 Sep 2014 18:29:40 -0000       1.414
+++ license-list.html   10 Oct 2014 19:06:51 -0000      1.415
@@ -1878,6 +1878,28 @@
 truly free software license.</p></dd>
 
 
+<dt><a id="OculusRift" 
href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Oculus_VR_Rift_SDK_License";>
+    Oculus Rift SDK License</a>
+    <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+       (<a href="#OculusRiftSDK">#OculusRiftSDK</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is not a free software license; it has several fatal flaws.
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>One can't redistribute anything less than the whole program libOVR.</li>
+<li>One's distribution rights can be terminated on vague conditions.</li>
+<li>Those who make modified versions are required to send them to
+Oculus on demand.</li>
+<li>Use is allowed only with their product.</li>
+<li>New license versions totally supplant old versions, which means
+that permissions already given can be withdrawn.</li>
+
+There might be additional fatal flaws; after seeing this many,
+we stopped looking for more.
+</dd>
+
+
 <dt><a id="OPL"></a> <!-- old id, leave for compatibility -->
     <a id="OpenPublicL" 
href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:OpenPLv1.0";>
     Open Public License</a>
@@ -1952,13 +1974,15 @@
 commercial distribution of a modified version.  Thankfully, starting from 
version 5.0.0, the Scilab software is free software, released under CeCILL 
version&nbsp;2.</p></dd>
 
 
-<dt><a id="Scratch" 
href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Scratch";>Scratch</a>
+<dt><a id="Scratch" 
href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Scratch";>Scratch 1.4 license</a>
     <span class="anchor-reference-id">
        (<a href="#Scratch">#Scratch</a>)</span></dt>
 <dd>
 <p>This is not a free software license because it does not allow
 commercial redistribution.  In addition, condition 4 substantively
-restricts the functionality of modified versions.</p></dd>
+restricts the functionality of modified versions.</p>
+
+<p>Fortunately Scratch 2.0 is now distributed under the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
 
 
 <dt><a id="SML" href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:SimpleM";>
@@ -2514,7 +2538,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/09/09 18:29:40 $
+$Date: 2014/10/10 19:06:51 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>