From: Paolo A. <am...@mc...> - 2001-02-23 17:31:33
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On 22 Feb 2001 12:03:55 +0000, Daniel Barlow <da...@no...> wrote: > Does ILISP comply with the terms of the Debian Free Software Guidelines? > The COPYING file carries the clause > > ILISP if freely redistributable. Eventually it may become part of GNU > Emacs and it will in that case comply with the GPL. As a "junior maintainer" ("garzone di bottega", if you are familiar with Italian :) of ILISP, what I know about its license from "senior maintainer" Marco is that the only problem for becoming fully GPL compliant is the difficulty of tracking some old contributors and getting permissions from them. Am I correct? What about starting an effort for contacting old ILISP contributors via forums such as comp.lang.lisp, comp.emacs, major mailing lists, etc.? > which seems to indicate an _intention_ to GPL it, however I'm > concerned about the clause > > o No fees or compensation are charged for use, copies, or > access to this software. You may charge a nominal > distribution fee for the physical act of transferring a > copy, but you may not charge for the program itself. I think that we could drop this compensation clause right now, provided this is not related to the above mentioned problem. Paolo -- EncyCMUCLopedia * Extensive collection of CMU Common Lisp documentation http://cvs2.cons.org:8000/cmucl/doc/EncyCMUCLopedia/ |