Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 04:24:25 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/databases/cdb - Imported sources Message-ID: <22958.901009465@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:44:51 EDT." <19980720184451.A5214@zappo>
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Tim Vanderhoek wrote in message ID <19980720184451.A5214@zappo>: > I can't find anywhere that he makes any kind of restriction on > distribution at all, actually... On the other hand, if I remember my copyright law properly, if he doesn't explicitly specify that distribution is allowed, then you aren't allowed to distribute it or re-use it. And I don't remember coming across any such language in any of the .c files (the one or two I looked at were devoid of and copyright information), the `COPYRIGHT' link on his home page is a lambasting of restriticted distributions, and there is no LEGAL document in the tarball. Hang on, I just found the 2 liner in the README ``You may distribute unmodified copies of the cdb package. The C source files are in the public domain; you may use them as you wish.'' Sigh. Guess I missed it earlier. I still don't like the lack of copyright in the .c and .h files, but I guess I'll take off the NO_PACKAGE bit. bah. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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