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On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 03:01:52 Jeroen Roovers wrote: |
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> On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 12:21:12 +0200 |
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> Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Today I stumbled over a package that has the following funny "licence" |
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> > in its file headers: |
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> > |
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> > ;; Bozoup(P) 1995 The Bozo(tic) Softwar(e) Founda(t)ion, Inc. |
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> > ;; See the BOZO Antipasto for further information. |
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> > ;; If this is useful to you, may you forever be blessed by the Holy |
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> > Lord ;; Patty. AT&T you will. |
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> That's not a license, it's a copyright notice with added fluff. |
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> > The package was marked as GPL-2 but I think this does not really hit |
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> > the spot. ;-) |
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> If I were you, I would ask the author and not simply label it as-is. |
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> GPL-2 it definitely isn't. |
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The whole license is especially completely unintelligeable. Is one actually |
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allowed to distribute/modify/use the software at all? It is probably best to |
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dump the package. |
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Paul |
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