Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 16:34:10 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stolen script? Message-ID: <20001001163410.H27736@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20001002001516.B252@parish>; from marko@freebsd.org on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:15:16AM %2B0100 References: <20001001105526.E27736@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001001175009.C613@puck.firepipe.net> <20001002001516.B252@parish>
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* Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> [001001 16:15] wrote: > On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 05:50:09PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 10:55:26AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > I don't want anyone to flame the guy to death, I just want to know > > > if this is ok or not? My understanding is that it's ok to GPL > > > our code so long as the original copyright remains intact. > > > > > > So two questions: > > > So can he GPL it? > > > Must he add the src/COPYRIGHT? > > > > He is violating the original copyright and committing a serious crime > > (copyright infringment). > > Is that true though because the file itself doesn't contain a copyright > notice (at least not in RELENG_4)? Like I said in the original email, I'm pretty sure src/COPYRIGHT covers all files originally imported into the repository. All of the documentation and software included in the 4.4BSD and 4.4BSD-Lite Releases is copyrighted by The Regents of the University of California. Since /etc/security came in from the intial CVS checkin you'd think it would apply. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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