[PD] PiDiP's legal status

vincent rioux vincent.rioux at no-log.org
Tue Jan 17 02:46:48 CET 2006


we probably should not go that far into details,
and certainly not declare open wars.
please, please, take it a little bit more easy.

vincent

>Please note that PiDiP is legally muddy. At best, it's non-free software, 
>and at worst, it's illegal to distribute it.
>
>This is because it has two licences and no mention that the user can pick
>either, so by default all licenses must apply at once, and because those
>two licenses are conflicting. It's licensed under both the GPL and a
>modified SIBSD license. Normally, GPL and SIBSD are compatible, but the 
>extra PiDiP-specific clause is conflicting with the GPL.
>
>The PiDiP-specific clause is also conflicting with the FSD (Free Software
>Definition) and the OSD (Open-Source Definition): this is what is 
>prompting Hans to remove PiDiP from the pd-extended installers.
>
>For more information you may read the pd-dev archives starting December 
>30th, 2005.
>
>  http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/
>examples:
>  http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2005-12/005587.html
>  http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2005-12/005599.html
>  http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2005-12/005598.html
>  http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2006-01/005667.html
>
>also pd-ot:
>
>  http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-ot/
>examples:
>  http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-ot/2006-01/001373.html
>  http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-ot/2006-01/001377.html
>
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