[MacPorts] snc/licenses modified

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Fri Aug 14 08:21:13 PDT 2009


Changed page "snc/licenses" by snc at macports.org from 129.137.4.90*
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 Dual-licensed under the Artistic and GPL licenses. I believe we should keep these intacts for users: if they are commercial, the GPL is the more restrictive.  If we aim to use the {{{license}}} purely for MacPorts processing, then the Artistic license is most restrictive to us.
 == DFSG-Approved ==
 For software that meets the guidelines of the [http://www.debian.org/social_contract Debian Social Contract].
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+This license is a little funky.
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+Binary distribution is not a problem for MacPorts since we don't profit from distributing software, however end users may profit from selling CDs of the associated software.  The owner may then wish for a royalty.
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+Also, there is a trick to be done with patched source code.  Essentially, if there are patches then the original source code must remain intact with patchfiles provided separately. 
 == OSI-Approved ==
 For [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical other Open Source licenses] approved by the Open Source Initiative. One of OSI's requirements is that free distribution of binaries and sources is allowed. This value can also be used as an umbrella for dual-licensed packages.
 

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