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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython.
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython. |
Date: |
Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:16:36 +0200 |
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John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 11:00:30AM +0200, Andreas Enge wrote:
>
> It starts like this:
> "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> documentation with or without modifications and for any purpose and
> without fee is hereby granted"
>
> Does the provision "without fee" make it non-free?
>
> I don't think it does.
>
> From a native English speaker's perspective, I think it is free. It
> says "for any purpose". Ipso facto, "any purpose" embraces for the purpose
> of pecuniary gain through charges for distribution.
>
> The important words are: "Permission ... without fee ... is hereby granted."
> In other words, the licensor does not demand a fee before granting that
> permission.
> If it had said "Permission ... upon payment of fee ... will be granted". Then
> that
> would have made the thing non-free.
Oooh. IOW “without fee” applies to “Permission”, not to “to use, copy,
modify, and distribute”, right?
That makes sense. I think I was fooled in the past by similar wording.
Does it sound like 100% non-ambiguous to native speakers reading here?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
- [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., Ricardo Wurmus, 2015/04/15
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/04/16
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., Ricardo Wurmus, 2015/04/16
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., Andreas Enge, 2015/04/16
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/04/16
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., Ricardo Wurmus, 2015/04/16
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., Ricardo Wurmus, 2015/04/18
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., Andreas Enge, 2015/04/18
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., John Darrington, 2015/04/16
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython.,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Biopython., Andreas Enge, 2015/04/16