Dear all,
of unrelated discussions, but I received today an e-mail
saying:
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>The first Project will be based on SAINT. A new slightly improved
(some bug
>fixes) version 1.21 of the compiler will be distributed to those
willing to
>complete a very short free subscription. Successive releases will of
course
>be automatically distributed to SAOG subscribers. Needless to say
that
>participation to SAOG is free for any individual, research center or
company.
Is SAINT still distributed under LGPL?, and if so dosn't this kind of
restricted distribution violate the terms of the LGPL?
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I report here clause 1 from the lgpl license:
"You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Library's
complete source
code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously
and
appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and
disclaimer
of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and
to the absence
of any warranty; and distribute a copy of this License along with the
Library.
You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you
may at
your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee. "
Starting from this clause, I see no kind of restricted distribution,
since you
can ask for the software at any time and ask to don't receive it anymore
at
any time. Secondly, once you have the library you can freely distribute
it wherever
you want and as you like it, according to lgpl. You simply have to remove
the
three lines from the header saying that the file is distributed under the
SAOG
agreement.
The software is at the moment distributed by e-mail after subscription.
Should the
number of subscribers increase rapidly I will start an ftp site for
continuous
distribution. I don't see the usefulness for that if only 3 or 4 parties
are interested...
To conclude, I don't think that having a free distribution with a
procedure a little
bit more complicated than the usual mouse click means having a
"restriction".
Otherwise, what is distributing a CD for 10 dollars as some do ?
Best regards,
ps: if you have comments on that, please send them to me directly,
unless
you think that it is useful for everybody.
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