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[gnu-pl] wwwgnudiff - raport nr 121
From: |
Wojciech Kotwica |
Subject: |
[gnu-pl] wwwgnudiff - raport nr 121 |
Date: |
Fri, 01 Aug 2003 05:12:55 +0200 |
--- prev/licenses/license-list.html Thu Jul 24 05:12:05 2003
+++ curr/./licenses/license-list.html Fri Aug 1 05:12:17 2003
@@ -845,4 +845,12 @@
<P>
+<DT><A NAME="apsl2" HREF="http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/2.0.txt/">The
Apple Public Source License (APSL), version 2</A>.
+
+<DD>This is a free software license, incompatible with the GNU GPL.
+We recommend that you not use this license for your software,
+but it is ok to use and improve the software released under this license.
+
+<P>
+
<H3><A NAME="NonFreeSoftwareLicense"
HREF="#TOCNonFreeSoftwareLicenses">Non-Free Software Licenses</A></H3>
@@ -899,10 +907,13 @@
<P>
-<DT><A HREF="http://www.publicsource.apple.com/apsl/">The Apple Public Source
License (APSL)</A>.
+<DT><A HREF="http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/1.2.txt">The Apple Public
Source License (APSL), version 1</A>.
+
+<DD>Versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 are <A HREF="/philosophy/apsl.html">not
+free software licenses</A> (follow that link for more explanation).
+Please don't use these license, and we urge you to avoid any software
+that has been released under it.
-<DD>This is <A HREF="/philosophy/apsl.html">not a free software
-license</A> (follow that link for more explanation). Please don't use
-this license, and we urge you to avoid any software that has been
-released under it.
+<P>
+<A HREF="#apsl2">Version 2.0 of the APSL</A> is a free software license.
<P>
@@ -1100,4 +1111,15 @@
the program can do</A>.
+<DT>The <A HREF="http://squeak.org/license.html">Squeek license</A>.
+
+<DD>As applied to software, this is not a free softare license because
+it requires all users in whatever country to obey US export control
+laws. As applied to fonts, it also does not permit modification.
+
+<P>
+In addition, it has a requirement for users to indemnify the developer,
+which is enough to make many users think twice about using it at all.
+</dd>
+
</DL>
@@ -1337,5 +1359,5 @@
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2003/07/23 16:05:01 $ $Author: novalis $
+$Date: 2003/07/31 20:33:14 $ $Author: rms $
<!-- timestamp end -->
<HR>
--- prev/philosophy/apsl.html Tue Oct 15 04:51:13 2002
+++ curr/./philosophy/apsl.html Fri Aug 1 05:12:28 2003
@@ -30,4 +30,12 @@
<P>
+<em>APSL version 2.0 qualifies as a free software license</em>.
+Apple's lawyers worked with the FSF to produce a license that would
+qualify. The problems described in this page are still potential
+issues for other possible licenses, but they do not apply to version
+2.0 of the APSL.
+<p>
+<hr>
+<p>
Apple first released an updated version, 1.1, of the APSL but it
@@ -178,5 +186,5 @@
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2002/10/15 02:51:13 $ $Author: rocoordon $
+$Date: 2003/07/31 20:29:29 $ $Author: rms $
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<HR>
--- prev/philosophy/philosophy.html Tue Jul 22 05:12:15 2003
+++ curr/./philosophy/philosophy.html Fri Aug 1 05:12:34 2003
@@ -327,4 +327,6 @@
Richard M. Stallman at CNIT à la Défense, Paris, France.</A> 27th Jan 2002.
+<li><a href="http://www.april.org/actions/rms/20011120/stream.html">Audio
recordings and a partial transcript</a> of the conference given by <a
href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard M. Stallman</a> to the French National
Assembly on 20th November 2001.</li>
+
<li><a href="/philosophy/stallman-mec-india.html">Transcript of the speech,
<cite>The Danger of Software Patents</cite></a> by <a
href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard M. Stallman</a> given at Government
Model Engineering College, India on 24th July 2001.</li>
@@ -776,5 +778,5 @@
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2003/07/21 15:52:48 $ $Author: brett $
+$Date: 2003/07/31 21:45:53 $ $Author: jpw $
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