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Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Re: Fwd: Licence question.
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Sebastian Wieseler |
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Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Re: Fwd: Licence question. |
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Thu, 18 May 2006 12:27:59 -0400 |
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Hello all :-)
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 03:13:25PM +0100, Steven Robson wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 May 2006 16:48, Sebastian Wieseler wrote:
> > On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:07:23AM +0200, tizzef @ gmail wrote:
> > > Does anybody could help me to know if this licence
> > > (http://developers.sun.com/license/berkeley_license.html) is or not
> > > compatible with the GNU GPL ??
> >
> > The license contains the "Berkeley-based copyright" so it's GPL compatible
> > like the BSD license itself...
> >
> > Hope that helps
> > Sebastian Wieseler
>
> No, it's not. The license contains one term which makes it incompatible with
> the GNU GPL. The last clause.
>
> "You acknowledge that this software is not designed, licensed or intended for
> use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear
> facility."
_is not designed_ != You mustn't use it in "any nuclear facility"
It's only some kind of the "NO WARRENTY!" statement... so no problem here...
but if you would like, we can bug @licensing about this license. But IMHO it's
compatible.
Regards,
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