Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:44:51 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/databases/cdb - Imported sources Message-ID: <19980720184451.A5214@zappo> In-Reply-To: <21211.900967968@gjp.erols.com>; from Gary Palmer on Mon, Jul 20, 1998 at 04:52:48PM -0400 References: <199807201117.EAA17847@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> <21211.900967968@gjp.erols.com>
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On Mon, Jul 20, 1998 at 04:52:48PM -0400, Gary Palmer wrote: > > I was kinda hoping someone with a better understanding of copyright > law would step in and correct me. As I understand it right now, > it can only be distributed in the source tarball. I could be mistaken, > which is why I put that rather unhappy comment in... I would (definately) remove the restriction. He says its in the public domain, which lets you do absolutely anything with it. He says you may incorporate it into your own software. He says you may distribute unmodified copies. I can't find anywhere that he makes any kind of restriction on distribution at all, actually... However, you can always email him and ask... djb@pobox.com. I can verify that he answers mail, although I can't say I was left with any particularly warm fuzzy feelings inside after having to ask for permission to build a qmail binary package. Incidentally, a reference to the cdb homepage just fat in under the 24-line limit for pkg/DESCR. :) -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund.
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