Thorsten Froehlich  wrote in message <44e0585b$1@news.povray.org>:
>> The non-commercial clause breaks these guidelines.
> Which is not true, and which you refuse to understand. The license is
> obvious and does not have the problems you just imagine.

Yes it has. Take a look at the Guidelines for Debian, for example:

# The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from selling or
# giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software
# distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license
# may not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.
(<URL: http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines >, point 1)

The title 2.1 of POV-Ray Distribution Licence is not enough, since it only
applies to a "generally recognised Distribution of a recognised operating
system", which is not "any party".

The title 3.1 is not enough, since it does not cover all cases.

No other title of POV-Ray's license grants rights to distribute.

Therefore, POV-Ray's license is not compatible with point 1 of the Debian
Free Software Guidelines. QED.

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