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Editra licensing issue #417

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
editra.org homepage says: "For non commercial uses Editra is freely available 
under the 
terms of the wxWindows License."

But the Linux tarball contains just the wxWindows License, which allows 
commercial use 
following terms of wxWindows License.

Such clash makes possible unintended illegal use of Editra by commercial users 
that read just 
a license of the downloaded file (or even Editra embedded to another package, 
e. g. 
wxPython) without reading the Editra home page.

To prevent unwanted illegal use of Editra, you should decide whether to keep 
"non-
commercial use only" clause and then clarify Editra licensing:

Either

1. Re-license Editra to "wxWindows License" without "non-commercial use only" 
clause and 
remove "For non commercial uses" from the Editra home page.

or

2. Add the "non-commercial use only" clause to all downoadable files and notify 
all Editra 
embedders about this limitation (e. g. wxPython).

Warning: If you choose 2., expect removal of Editra from many Linux 
distributions as a 
consequence.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by stanisla...@gmail.com on 5 Oct 2009 at 2:57

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
This clause 'non-commercial use' is not listed anywhere anymore and I honestly 
at this point don't remember when it was there or removed.  May have been back 
around the time this ticket was created.

Anyway nothing to worry about. Any one can Use Editra in a commercial or 
non-commercial setting to work on any files they want for any purpose. There 
are no nor have there ever been any restrictions on the end user use of the 
application.

Again sorry for not updating the ticket till now.

Original comment by CodyPrec...@gmail.com on 26 Mar 2012 at 10:16