Not sure what license tag to use

[Miro Hrončok]

On 11.4.2016 17:12, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 11-04-16 15:27, Miro Hrončok wrote:
>> On 11.4.2016 09:19, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>> On 11-04-16 00:17, Miro Hrončok wrote:
>>>> Hi, given the following terms:
>>>>
>>>>   * MAY be used for commercial applications
>>>>   * MAY be shared freely
>>>>   * MUST NOT be reverse engineered
>>>>
>>>> What kind of license tag is supposed to be used? The ideas are:
>>>>
>>>>   * Redistributable, no modification permitted
>>>>   * Redistributable
>>>
>>> I would say one of the 2 above, depending on if modification
>>> is permitted. Since this "may be shared freely" it is
>>> not just distributalble, it is REdistributable, as most
>>> things we ship typically are.
>>
>> Ok, but what about the MUST NOT be reverse engineered thing?
>
> That definitely makes it non free, but otherwise does not need
> to be mentioned in the License tag.
>
> Fedora proper uses: "Redistributable, no modification permitted"
> for the intel wireless firmware which also comes with a
> no reverse engineering clause.

Thank you.


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