On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Shakthi Kannan shakthimaan@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I would like to know if the Nangate Open Cell Library License, Version 1.0. February 20, 2008 is acceptable for Fedora. I do see some prohibition clause for commercial use, but, not for academic/research purpose:

http://www.nangate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137...

Please do let me know,

Thanks!

SK

-- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com

Shakthi:

While I am a non-authoritative source, this strikes me as non-free, and thus not acceptable for Fedora. It continuously refers to not being suitable for commercial use, but in reality I see no prohibition against commercial use. What strikes me as non-free is that it prohibits or restricts benchmarking. Freedom 0 requires that you must be able to use the software for any purpose and in any manner, and the restriction on benchmarking clearly runs afoul of that tenet.

David