[Savannah-hackers] Re: license question

[Mathieu Roy]

Rudy Gevaert <address@hidden> said:

> A project that has been submitted uses a word list that is under the
> following license.  I think it is "free software", but I would like to
> have a second opininion.  Also the project itself is released under
> the GPL.  Is this ok?

To me, there is problem there.
This word-list is free software but GPL incompatible. The GPL does not
restrict financial return. 
You can make money with GPLed software, not with this word-list. 

Solution (IMHO):
        - remove the clause on financial return in this word-list
        license 
        - host the software here but not the word-list (we require
        GPL-compatibility for software we host and only freedom for
        dependancies)


Note that I may be wrong.

It refers to a CEDICT.DOC. Is it a MS Word .doc? 


> 
> CEDICT LICENCE STATEMENT
> 
> Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski
> 
> This licence statement and copyright notice applies to the CEDICT
> Chinese/English Dictionary file, the associated documentation file
> CEDICT.DOC, and any data files which are derived from them.
> 
> COPYING AND DISTRIBUTION
> 
> Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of these
> files provided this copyright notice and permission notice is
> distributed with all copies.  Any distribution of the files must take
> place without a financial return, except a charge to cover the cost of
> the distribution medium.
> 
> Permission is granted to make and distribute extracts or subsets of
> the CEDICT file under the same conditions applying to verbatim copies.
> 
> Permission is granted to translate the English elements of the CEDICT
> file into other languages, and to make and distribute copies of those
> translations under the same conditions applying to verbatim copies.
> 
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