Sunday, February 10, 2008

New DigitalMe License

Three weeks ago the license for the DigitalMe Firefox launcher changed:
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$ svn diff IdentitySelector.js -r1209
Index: IdentitySelector.js
===================================================================
--- IdentitySelector.js (revision 1209)
+++ IdentitySelector.js (working copy)
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
// Desc:
// Tabs: 3
//
-// Copyright (c) 2007 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
//
// This program and the accompanying materials are made available
-// under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
-// accompanies this distribution, and is available at
-// http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+// under, alternatively, the terms of: a) the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+// which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+// http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html; or, b) the Apache License,
+// Version 2.0 which accompanies this distribution as is available at
+// www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php.
//
// To contact Novell about this file by physical or electronic mail,
-// you may find current contact information at www.novell.com.
+// you may find current contact information at www.novell.com.
//
-// $Id$
-//
// Author: Andrew Hodgkinson
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-

I try to avoid licensing discussions but I guess it is better if I, with my openinfocard hat on, can choose between two alternative licenses.

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