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To: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com>
Subject: Re: restrictive copyright?
Cc: darrenr@freebsd.org, adam@veda.is, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
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At 03:35 AM 3/11/97 -0800, Satoshi Asami wrote:
> * Here's the copyright notice from that file:
> * 
> * ==
> * /************************************************************************
> *  *   IRC - Internet Relay Chat, ircd/res.c
> *  *   Copyright (C) 1992 Darren Reed
> *  *
> *  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> *  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> *  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
> *  *   any later version.
> *  *
> *  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> *  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> *  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> *  *   GNU General Public License for more details.
> *  *
> *  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> *  *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> *  *   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
> *  */
> * ==
> * 
> * It struck me odd that it has a 1992 Copyright, but I suppose the status
could
> * have changed without affecting the date.
>
>Are you looking at a newer version?  Mine says:
>
>/*
> * ircd/res.c (C)opyright 1992, 1993, 1994 Darren Reed. All rights reserved.
> * This file may not be distributed without the author's prior permission in
> * any shape or form. The author takes no responsibility for any damage or
> * loss of property which results from the use of this software.
Distribution
> * of this file must include this notice.
> */

Couldn't the problem be fairly easily solved by actually _asking Darren_,
who is a member of the FreeBSD project?  (Darren included on the Cc: list)



Eivind Eklund perhaps@yes.no http://maybe.yes.no/perhaps/ eivind@freebsd.org