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Date:      Mon, 26 Jun 2000 19:17:50 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, papowell@astart.com
Subject:   Re: was: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20000626191750.I275@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000626221208.T5255@jade.chc-chimes.com>; from billf@chc-chimes.com on Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 10:12:08PM -0400
References:  <20000626214900.G23538@argon.gryphonsoft.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006262159420.318-100000@picnic.mat.net> <20000626221208.T5255@jade.chc-chimes.com>

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* Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> [000626 19:12] wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 10:06:30PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> > I did, but I'm sorry, Artistic License != BSD License.  The Artistic
> > license says you can only use it inside your own organization, freely, you
> > can not sell it or use it inside a product (like you can BSD).
> > 
> > I will admit that the Artistic License is *far* more acceptable than the
> > GPL, but I just don't see the need to get this in.  I will immediately
> > admit it's better software, but I can't see why we need it in the base
> > system, when one of the side effects is losing a perfectly good BSD
> > licensed lpd.
> 
> This would limit us from having FreeBSD based printer-in-a-box type
> solutions...

I would have to agree, LPRng is not acceptable for replacement or
inclusion.

-Alfred


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