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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: *Magick
From:       Benoit Jacob <jacob () math ! jussieu ! fr>
Date:       2007-10-24 16:09:38
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0710241807520.5161 () galois1 ! math ! jussieu ! fr
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To Moderators: please kill this thread. Licensing discussions can easily 
be a huge waste of time, and Boudewijn just said that they already 
investigated this issue, so the discussion that James's mail is prompting 
is plain useless.

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, James Richard Tyrer wrote:

> Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>> On Wednesday 24 October 2007, Benoit Jacob wrote:
>>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>>>
>>>> The AMPAS's license appears to be basically the same as BSD.
>>> I can't tell, I guess only a lawyer could. I don't know either the
>>> software that you're talking about.
>>
>> The ampas license includes a jurisdiction clause, and that makes it
>> incompatible with the GPL.
>
> This license shall be construed pursuant to the laws of the State of
> California, and any disputes related thereto shall be subject to the
> jurisdiction of the courts therein.
>
>> We did investigate this when CTL was released, because we really
>> wanted to use the library.
>>
> If the above clause, which is totally redundant because the AMPAS is
> located in California makes in incompatible with the GPL, I hope that we
> discussed it with the FSF.  Such a clause is a normal part of ANY
> contract in the United States.  Perhaps we should consult an attorney
> (like the EFF).
>
> -- 
> JRT
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