From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Darrington Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython. Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:02:09 +0200 Message-ID: <20150416130209.GA668@jocasta.intra> References: <87618xyxmq.fsf@gnu.org> <20150416090030.GA18083@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9amGYk9869ThD9tj" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60157) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YijR7-0007BX-Cr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:02:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YijQx-0004qS-Vs for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:02:28 -0400 Received: from de.cellform.com ([88.217.224.109]:60199 helo=jocasta.intra) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YijQx-0004pt-Is for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:02:19 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150416090030.GA18083@debian> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andreas Enge Cc: Guix-devel --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 11:00:30AM +0200, Andreas Enge wrote: =20 It starts like this: "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation with or without modifications and for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted" =20 Does the provision "without fee" make it non-free? =20 I don't think it does. =46rom a native English speaker's perspective, I think it is free. It=20 says "for any purpose". Ipso facto, "any purpose" embraces for the purpo= se of pecuniary gain through charges for distribution. The important words are: "Permission ... without fee ... is hereby granted." In other words, the licensor does not demand a fee before granting that per= mission. If it had said "Permission ... upon payment of fee ... will be granted". Th= en that would have made the thing non-free. I think the confusion is arising because some people might interpret=20 "for any purpose and without fee" to mean: "for any purpose except distribu= tion=20 in exchange for a fee ..." Maybe the licensors should amend the text just to avoid this possible=20 misunderstanding, but in the meantime I don't think it is a problem. (I am not a lawyer. But I am also not illiterate.) J' --=20 PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3=20 fingerprint =3D 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlUvstEACgkQimdxnC3oJ7NuaQCdHdT/YcqwFkdGCFfmUCsA0MqZ nfIAn3GrPMt0jtcNydU20UG4MgsrkGaF =kzJI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj--