Tom "spot" Callaway wrote, at 10/21/2009 10:16 PM +9:00:
On 10/20/2009 11:15 AM, Mamoru Tasaka wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Now I am considering to package FDClone [1]. However FDClone
> uses very unique license. Note that FDClone developer says that the official
> license is the one written in Japanese [2] and the link [3] is only
> the translation into English.
>
> >From my viewpoint, the author (licensor) seems to be just saying that
> the author won't take any responsibility for the package if
> a distributor don't make any "registration", although the license text
is
> not short.
>
> I will appreciate it if it is investigated if this license can be accepted
> on Fedora or not.
>
> [1]
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/ (in Japanese)
> [2]
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/LICENSES.txt
> [3]
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/LICENSES.eng.txt
Mamoru,
The English translation is very confusing. It would be very helpful if a
better translation of the original license was made available.
Thanks,
~tom
Well, then I may have to try to translate Japanese license text into English,
which will take some time (as I am not a laywer).
Regards,
Mamoru