[Buildroot] [PATCH 4/5] portaudio: add license information
Yann E. MORIN
yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Thu May 23 07:33:14 UTC 2013
Baruch, All,
On 2013-05-23 10:09 +0300, Baruch Siach spake thusly:
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 08:59:04AM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
[--SNIP--]
> > This is not really MIT, since there is additional text:
> >
> > ---8<---
> > * The text above constitutes the entire PortAudio license; however,
> > * the PortAudio community also makes the following non-binding
> > * requests:
> > *
> > * Any person wishing to distribute modifications to the Software is
> > * requested to send the modifications to the original developer so that
> > * they can be incorporated into the canonical version. It is also
> > * requested that these non-binding requests be included along with the
> > * license above.
> > ---8<---
> >
> > So I'd say:
> > PORTAUDIO_LICENSE = portaudio license (MIT-like plus special clause)
> >
> > (which by the way makes it non-free software.)
>
> Well, the text you cite says explicitly that these are "non-binding requests".
> Would you still consider this non-free?
Well, I poundered that, yes. But the way it is phrased is dubious.
First, it states that it is a non-binding clause. But then the clause
states "[a]ny person [doing changes] is requested to send modifications
[upstream]." The term "requested" is a bit strong for a non-binding
clause.
So, let me rephrase:
(which by the way *may* make it non-free software.)
But the final word should come from a legal counsel, of course. :-)
Anyway, this is not "MIT" per-se.
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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