Free Software for m$

[Ken Brown]

I asked licensing@gnu.org and got the following response:

>Actually, the license here lists some exceptions:
>http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/license.html
>
>Among these exceptions, time_lib.c is non-free.
>
>I think that the general infozip license is a Free Software license, but
>not GPL-compatible.  The second through last sentences of paragraph 3
>seen incompatible to me.
>
>--
>-Dave Turner
>Free Software Licensing Guru
>This is not legal advice.  If you need legal advice, see a lawyer.

So, it doesn't look free on the surface. However, time_lib.c is only used in
the Amiga part of the source tree. So I'm not sure what that means.

Ken Brown


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It irrated me that I couldnt find a unzip tool that was freesoftware as I
could swear I found one before.  A little digging produced UnZip (runs on
about all platforms and has source and is BSD'ish in licensing)

http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html

Because they chose to roll their own liscense (grumble, grumble), I can
not readily say if it is or isnt 'free software', though on the surface it
appears to be.

http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/license.html

Someons should ask license@gnu.org probably if it is a free software
license or not, if so we should include it.

-Derek