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I'm not a lawyer so I can't tell is used license prevent anyone from freely using of software (freely as using FSF/OSI free software), but it definitely prevents free operating systems distributions (like Debian and Fedora) from including Spin as part of them. It would be much more convenient if interested user would be able to install Spin from his favorite package manager (like "apt-get install spin", or "yum install spin", or from package manager with GUI) without necessity of manual compiling of Spin and installing of dependent packages (like Yacc).
If Spin developers and owners really stand for Open Source it would be nice to see Spin under license that will be publicly accepted as open source license.
Hello,
On the front page of web site Spin claims that it is "open source", but according to [url=https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legal-list/2009-December/msg00040.html][1][/url] and [url=http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/01/msg00273.html][2][/url] Spin license is not compatible with at least Fedora and Debian distributions in meaning of "free software" (as well as not compatible with Free Software Foundation and Open Source Initiative "open source"/"free software" definitions).
Is Spin intentionally has this limited license?
Will Spin will be licensed under OSI/FSF compatible open source license?
[1] [url]https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legal-list/2009-December/msg00040.html[/url]
[2] [url]http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/01/msg00273.html[/url]
Links from [url]http://www.openproofs.org/wiki/Packaging_status#Not_Free.2FLibre.2FOpen_Source_Software_.28FLOSS.29[/url]
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