[Diritto] Vovida Software License

[Andrea Glorioso]

>>>>> "ag" == Andrea Glorioso <sama@perchetopi.org> writes:

    ag> Ciao a tutti.  Qualcuno potrebbe dare un'occhiata alla Vovida
    ag> Software License:

    ag> http://www.vovida.org/license.html

    ag> e confermarmi che si tratta di una licenza libera?  E` gia`
    ag> stata certificata dall'OSI e ad una prima lettura mi pare che
    ag> sia anche libera, ma mi piacerebbe avere conferma da qualche
    ag> membro (della lista) esperto.

Ciao a tutti.

Ho parlato con gli GNU Licenser, e (come ipotizzava Simo) il punto 4
e` incompatibile con la GPL.  FSF suggerisce, se si vuole utilizzare
codice GPL con Vovida, di aggiungere una clausola esplicita di
eccezione.

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On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 08:53, Andrea Glorioso via RT wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "l" == licensing  <novalis@fsf.org> writes:
> 
>     l> Unfortunately, term 4 is incompatible with the GPL.
> 
> Dear Dave,
> 
> thank you for your answer.  I had  some doubt on  point 4, and I still
> have, because I think that the obligation not to use the name VOCAL is
> just  the normal  protection of   a trademark  which  has no influence
> whatsoever on the effective use of the program itself.

The problem is that the name "vocal" is very general, and if only a
small part of the program is used in a larger, unrelated program,
there's no trademark issue.  So this is an extra restriction.

> BTW, the reason why I'm asking is because I  (and the organization I'm
> working with)   am  planning to start   a  project  which  could  make
> extensive use of the VOCAL software, but which would be licensed under
> the GNU GPL.  Just for your information.

I recommend simply using a special exception for linking to VOCAL.

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ciao,

andrea
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