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Re: Jam: which licence is this?
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Vagrant Cascadian |
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Re: Jam: which licence is this? |
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Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:41:34 -0700 |
On 2021-04-25, Jack Hill wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2021, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
>> On 2021-04-25, Jack Hill wrote:
>>> I'm working on packaging the Argyll Color Management System for Guix. To
>>> build, it uses the Jam tool, which has the following license:
>>>
>>> ```
>>> This is Release 2.5 of Jam, a make-like program.
>>>
>>> License is hereby granted to use this software and distribute it
>>> freely, as long as this copyright notice is retained and modifications
>>> are clearly marked.
>>>
>>> ALL WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
>>> ```
>>
>> Permission to use, check.
>> Permission to study, probably(?)
>> Permission to share, check.
>> Permission to modify, .... ?
>>
>> Is it even free software? There is no mention of modification which
>> doesn't appear to be free by my layman's reading...
>
> I do see a mention of modification "…modifications are clearly marked."
Yes, somehow I glazed over this at first... it implies that
modifications which are clearly marked are allowed. :)
live well,
vagrant
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- Re: Jam: which licence is this?, (continued)
Re: Jam: which licence is this?, Mark H Weaver, 2021/04/25
Re: Jam: which licence is this?, Vagrant Cascadian, 2021/04/25