Re: [gNewSense-users] Possible problem with closed bug 123

[Markus Laire]

Paul O'Malley wrote:
> Markus Laire wrote:
> > Bug http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00123 has been closed by Brian as 
> > not a problem, but I think this is an error.
> >
> > The problematic text "Users may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, 
> > but are not authorized to license or distribute it to anyone else 
> > except as part of a product or program developed by the user" only 
> > gives right to distribute as part of a product *developed by the user*.
> >
> > So the users of gNS who have not taken part in developing gNS do NOT 
> > have the right to distribute this code as part of gNS, and so do NOT 
> > have right to distribute gNS either if this code is included in gNS.
> >
> > Bug http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00126 is also about the same 
> > problem but different file.
> Please read the reason that Brian used to close the bug.
> It's closure is valid.
>
> Brian's language is very clear as is the language in the licence.

Brian said:
: One reading of this is: "Users may copy or modify Sun RPC without
: charge, but are not authorized to license or distribute it to anyone
: else except as part of a product or program developed by the user" -
: the second clause of the "or" can be ignored.

IMO the meaning of the license is clearly "Users may copy or modify Sun 
RPC without charge, but are not authorized to license or distribute it 
to anyone else except as part of a product developed by the user or 
program developed by the user" (note the added text).

So if the second clause of the "or" is ignored, we still have "Users may 
copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are not authorized to license 
or distribute it to anyone else except as part of a product developed by 
the user" which is not free.

So I still think this is not free and doesn't belong to gNS.

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Markus Laire