Re: Floodgap Free Software License

[John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>]

On Dec 14,  2:20am, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
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}    Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 03:05:01 +0100
}    From: Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>
} 
}    I've encountered a software (named oysttyer) written under the
}    Floodgap Free Software License [1].
} 
}    I don't see this license on a list of acceptable ones in the web. It
}    looks like a no-commercial license.
} 
}    [...]
} 
}    I would like to put it in pkgsrc/licenses under a name 'ffsl'. Are we
}    OK with it?
} 
} If it forbids commercial use, it is not a free software or open source

     Where did you get the idea that it forbids commercial use.
I just the licence and pretty much the only restriction is that
you're not allowed to charge money for the software.  Pretty much
anything else goes, including charging money for related services,
such as installation and configuration.

} licence and will never be certified as such by the OSI or FSF.

     Who cares what the FSF thinks?  OSI is the only relevant one
of the two.  I think that is a possibility that this licence could
be certified by them.

} Consequently, it should be named `ffsl-license' and excluded from the
} default acceptable licences.
}
}-- End of excerpt from Taylor R Campbell