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9 Aug 2024 13:19:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray at LINUXTAG  
From: Marc Schimmler
Date: 6 Jul 2000 09:23:24
Message: <3964884C.84E30A6C@ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> You can't reuse POV's code in other projects.  That's the one he doesn't like,
> if I had to guess.  Certain people are forbidden from distributing POV.  There
> is a limit to how much money you can charge for a copy.  Certain modifications
> to the source code are not allowed, even in a custom version.  You need to get
> the permission of the Team to distribute it in certain ways.
> 

After the incident a friend made a good proposal for a license. Make it
like the 
GPL but exclude the FSF and RMS from it. :-) Ave Imperator!

Marc

-- 
Marc Schimmler


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