Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 00:15:41 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: papowell@astart.com Cc: Doug@gorean.org, nik@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200006270615.AAA31842@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 24 Jun 2000 14:53:27 PDT." <200006242153.OAA01110@h4.private> References: <200006242153.OAA01110@h4.private>
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Looking at the rest of this thread, I thought I'd run through the license to see if there were any gotchas. So far all the FUD I've seen on the list seems to be false. Of course, I won't get into the PERL vs no-PERL war. FreeBSD requires PERL for too many things to rip it out, so let this part of the argument die please? There is 0 chance that PERL will be removed from FreeBSD barring future license problems or a really strange alignment of the planets. In message <200006242153.OAA01110@h4.private> papowell@astart.com writes: : 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form : of the Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided : that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices and : associated disclaimers. OK. We'll may do this. : 2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications : derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A : Package modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard : Version. OK. Or this, or 3(a) below. : 3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, : provided that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file : stating how and when you changed that file, and provided that you : do at least ONE of the following: : : a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise : make them Freely Available, such as by posting said : modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or placing : the modifications on a major archive site such as ftp.uu.net, : or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include your : modifications in the Standard Version of the Package. OK. (so b, c and d are irrelevant). : b) use the modified Package only within your corporation : or organization. : : c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not : conflict with standard executables, which must also be : provided, and provide a separate manual page for each : non-standard executable that clearly documents how it : differs from the Standard Version. : : d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright : Holder. If company A hacks LPRng and wants to distribute it in binary form only, then they will have to make arrangements with the copyright holder. This isn't our problem. If they make verbatim copies, other clauses cover them (see 4a). : 4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code : or executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the : following: : : a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and : library files, together with instructions (in the manual : page or equivalent) on where to get the Standard Version. : : b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable : source of the Package with your modifications. OK. : c) accompany any non-standard executables with their : corresponding Standard Version executables, giving the : non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly : documenting the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), : together with instructions on where to get the Standard : Version. : : d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright : Holder. : : 5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of : this Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this : Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However, : you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly : commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) : software distribution provided that you do not advertise this : Package as a product of your own. since we'd charge the same for FreeBSD with this package or without, there is effectively no fee. : 6. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced : as output from the programs of this Package do not automatically : fall under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever : generated them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated : with this Package. OK. : 7. C or perl subroutines supplied by you and linked into this : Package shall not be considered part of this Package. OK. : 8. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or : promote products derived from this software without specific prior : written permission. OK. : 9. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR : IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED : WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. OK. What's the problem? Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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