Phobos licensing
Bill Baxter
dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com
Fri Jun 1 16:24:39 PDT 2007
Phobos' std.loader contains this language in the source file:
* (ii) Any derived versions of this software (howsoever modified)
* remain the sole property of Synesis Software.
It doesn't define 'derived' so I suspect this could be interpreted quite
broadly by the courts, particularly given the "howsoever modified" bit
which seems to be saying "if you were thinking of interpreting 'derived'
narrowly -- DON'T."
I don't think draconian licensing terms like these belong in the
standard library. I suggest we ask Synesis for more liberal licensing
terms or else remove the file from Phobos until it can be reimplemented.
--bb
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