Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 13:39:12 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> To: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Cc: darrenr@freebsd.org, adam@veda.is, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: restrictive copyright? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970311133911.00ca1ea0@dimaga.com>
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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
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