Thread: Closed Source Packages in Maemo
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2009-09-24 , 11:37
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Originally Posted by ruskie View Post
Simple example of something like that is PINE - you can get the source but you can't distribute modified copies. Only patches.
Originally Posted by lma View Post
That fails clause 3 of the OSD:
"The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software."
no, it doesn't.

pine does offer source code, and does of course allow it to be reused under the same license terms, what it does NOT allow is redistributing a modified version under the same NAME.