Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 22:03:53 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3.0 enters BETA status in 12 days! Message-ID: <19980905220353.56639@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809051433100.21019-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 02:37:17PM -0400 References: <19980905201544.20375@follo.net> <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809051433100.21019-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 02:37:17PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > I just checked Kirk's posts about it, and Andre falls into a hole > between where Kirk did and didn't specify. > > He said private, non-coomercial was free. > > He said companies that package it and sell it embedded should pay, and > that included ISPs, but there the example was ISPs who put a machine at > a customer's site. > > As far as ISPs using it themselves, it's unclear. Kirk gave an example > of someone at work using on their workstation, and he said that was > free. I'd guess Eivind's right, you'd have to check it with Kirk > McKusick. It is easy to verify. The license is in /usr/src/contrib/sys/softupdates/ffs_softdep.c and is very clear. McKusick said he would _like_ people that use it for other commercial purposes to pay for it, but he does not require it. If you want to have an easy way of paying for it, the right thing to do is to contact Kirk. There is no other way to pay. Can we cut this discussion now? Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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