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%hFree (no cost)
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%hFree (no cost)
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The program must be free - that is, available at no financial cost. It doesn't
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The program must be free - that is, available at no financial cost. It doesn't
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have to comply to an OSI-approved license or be open-source (even if that
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have to comply to an OSI-approved license or be open-source (even if that
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would be preferred), but at the very least it must be free for personal,
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would be preferred), but at the very least it must be free for personal,
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non-commercial use.
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non-commercial use. This includes "Freeware", "postcardware", etc. "Shareware"
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is acceptable, too, as long as the shareware version of the program fullfills
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the conditions of usefulness, quality and allows repackaged distribution.
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%hDistribution allowed
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%hDistribution allowed
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The program must allow distribution without restrictions, and must not forbid
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The program must allow distribution without restrictions, and must not forbid
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being redistributed in a re-packaged form.
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being redistributed in a re-packaged form.
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%!CORE EXCEPTIONS
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%!CORE EXCEPTIONS
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Please note that, while the above rules are valid for all third-party packages
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While the above rules are valid for all third-party packages that may be
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that may be distributed with SvarDOS, it does not apply to the 'core' packages
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distributed with SvarDOS, it does NOT apply to the "CORE" packages that contain
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that contain the operating system itself. SvarDOS being a free (as in "libre")
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the operating system itself. SvarDOS being a free (as in "libre") operating
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operating system, all "core" packages must comply to a libre-like license - be
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system, all CORE packages must comply to a libre-like license - be it GPL, BSD,
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it GPL, BSD, MIT, public domain, or anything that allows for unrestricted
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MIT, public domain, or anything that allows for unrestricted distribution,
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distribution, provides source code and allows to modify it freely.
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provides source code and allows to modify it freely.
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