Gentoo Archives: gentoo-licenses

From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-licenses@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-licenses] app-text/cpdf distributable on mirrors?
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 22:33:07
Message-Id: 21636.54687.69875.70469@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
1 app-text/cpdf is under the "Coherent-Graphics" license [1]. Is this
2 redistributable on Gentoo mirrors?
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4 The key sentences of the license seem to be these:
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6 "By installing, copying or otherwise using this Software, you agree
7 to be bound by the terms of this license agreement."
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9 "You may not use or distribute this Software or any derivative
10 works in any form for commercial purposes."
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12 Would the first imply that the Gentoo Foundation and all mirror
13 operators must become a party to the agreement?
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15 Also they do not define what they mean by "commercial purposes". Does
16 a non-for-profit organisation making money from ads on their site
17 already qualify?
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19 Ulrich
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22 [1] http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/licenses/Coherent-Graphics

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Re: [gentoo-licenses] app-text/cpdf distributable on mirrors? Alexander Berntsen <bernalex@g.o>