From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>
To: Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Jam: which licence is this?
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:41:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735venisx.fsf@yucca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2104251642060.8414@marsh.hcoop.net>
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On 2021-04-25, Jack Hill wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2021, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
>> On 2021-04-25, Jack Hill wrote:
>>> I'm working on packaging the Argyll Color Management System for Guix. To
>>> build, it uses the Jam tool, which has the following license:
>>>
>>> ```
>>> This is Release 2.5 of Jam, a make-like program.
>>>
>>> License is hereby granted to use this software and distribute it
>>> freely, as long as this copyright notice is retained and modifications
>>> are clearly marked.
>>>
>>> ALL WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
>>> ```
>>
>> Permission to use, check.
>> Permission to study, probably(?)
>> Permission to share, check.
>> Permission to modify, .... ?
>>
>> Is it even free software? There is no mention of modification which
>> doesn't appear to be free by my layman's reading...
>
> I do see a mention of modification "…modifications are clearly marked."
Yes, somehow I glazed over this at first... it implies that
modifications which are clearly marked are allowed. :)
live well,
vagrant
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-25 21:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-25 6:15 Jam: which licence is this? Jack Hill
2021-04-25 7:16 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2021-04-25 17:25 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-04-25 17:35 ` Leo Famulari
2021-04-25 20:37 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-04-26 16:24 ` Leo Famulari
2021-05-02 4:53 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-05-02 15:20 ` Leo Famulari
2021-05-07 18:31 ` The purpose of the "license" list of a Guix package (Was: Re: Jam: which licence is this?) Chris Marusich
2021-05-07 19:23 ` The purpose of the "license" list of a Guix package Chris Marusich
2021-05-08 10:16 ` The purpose of the "license" list of a Guix package (Was: Re: Jam: which licence is this?) Leo Prikler
2021-05-08 11:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2021-05-08 11:22 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-08 20:52 ` Maxime Devos
2021-05-08 23:04 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-09 8:33 ` Maxime Devos
2021-05-02 21:12 ` Jam: which licence is this? Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-25 17:42 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-04-28 13:20 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2021-04-25 20:23 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2021-04-25 20:49 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2021-04-25 20:53 ` Jack Hill
2021-04-25 21:04 ` Jack Hill
2021-04-26 14:36 ` Jack Hill
2021-05-02 5:02 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-04-25 21:41 ` Vagrant Cascadian [this message]
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