Re: Not sure what license tag to use
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.
Regards,
Hans