Subject: Re: Copyright of Modified Ispell Code
From: Aaron Lehmann (aaronl@vitelus.com)
Date: Fri Jul 06 2001 - 20:54:42 CDT
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 08:45:16PM -0700, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> The problem with this that the original Ispell license (classic BSD)
> is *NOT* compatible with the GPL. It has an advertising clause, even
> in the version included with AbiWord:
I also noticed that it has clause 5), which says "The name of Geoff
Kuenning may not be used to endorse or promote...". I think this is OK
because that's the default in copyright law. All BSD licenses seem to
have this, and it doesn't bother Richard Stallman, so I don't view it
as a problem.
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