[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#732294: what "but please" really requires?

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 09:55:22PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> We would like to include a file in the jing-trang package, the licensing
> terms can be read on http://www.ascc.net/xml/schematron/ :

> “The Schematron software and this page are available for any public
> use, under the conditions of the zlib/libpng license (the least
> restrictive), but please mention our names in any documentation or About
> screens for any products that uses it.”

> What "but please" actually requires?  I would tend to understand that
> it's just a wish from the author, not a licensing term, but IANAL.

That's pretty unambiguously a polite request, not part of the license
requirements.

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