[Fedora-legal-list] FDClone license

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On 10/20/2009 11:15 AM, Mamoru Tasaka wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> Now I am considering to package FDClone [1]. However FDClone
> uses very unique license. Note that FDClone developer says that the official
> license is the one written in Japanese [2] and  the link [3] is only
> the translation into English.
> 
>>From my viewpoint, the author (licensor) seems to be just saying that 
> the author won't take any responsibility for the package if 
> a distributor don't make any "registration", although the license text is
> not short.
> 
> I will appreciate it if it is investigated if this license can be accepted
> on Fedora or not.
> 
> [1] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/ (in Japanese)
> [2] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/LICENSES.txt
> [3] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012337/soft/fd/LICENSES.eng.txt

Mamoru,

The English translation is very confusing. It would be very helpful if a
better translation of the original license was made available.

Thanks,

~tom