Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Re: Fwd: Licence question.

[Sebastian Wieseler]

Hello all :-)

On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 03:13:25PM +0100, Steven Robson wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 May 2006 16:48, Sebastian Wieseler wrote:
> > On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:07:23AM +0200, tizzef @ gmail wrote:
> > > Does anybody could help me to know if this licence
> > > (http://developers.sun.com/license/berkeley_license.html) is or not
> > > compatible with the GNU GPL ??
> >
> > The license contains the "Berkeley-based copyright" so it's GPL compatible
> > like the BSD license itself...
> >
> > Hope that helps
> > Sebastian Wieseler
> 
> No, it's not. The license contains one term which makes it incompatible with 
> the GNU GPL. The last clause. 
> 
> "You acknowledge that this software is not designed, licensed or intended for 
> use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear 
> facility."

_is not designed_ != You mustn't use it in "any nuclear  facility"
It's only some kind of the "NO WARRENTY!" statement... so no problem here...

but if you would like, we can bug @licensing about this license. But IMHO it's 
compatible.

Regards,

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