[PATCH 1/3] Add vroot.h.

Daniel Stone daniel at fooishbar.org
Sun Mar 28 18:06:36 PDT 2010


Hi,

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 04:18:18PM -0700, Corbin Simpson wrote:
> I'm not perfect, but I think the legalese is equivalent to the package
> license? If not, we can always hack around it.

Not necessarily.

> +/**    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and    **/
> +/**    its documentation  for  any  purpose  and  without  fee is hereby    **/
> +/**    granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear  in  all    **/
> +/**    copies and that both  that  copyright  notice  and  this  permis-    **/
> +/**    sion  notice appear in supporting  documentation,  and  that  the    **/
> +/**    name of Solbourne not be used in advertising                         **/
> +/**    in publicity pertaining to distribution of the  software  without    **/
> +/**    specific, written prior permission.                                  **/

The 'without fee' bit is the problem: they've not given you permission
to use/copy/modify/distribute in exchange for money.

Cheers,
Daniel
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