Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 08:34:10 +0200 (MET DST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: junker@jazz.snu.ac.kr, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Aladdin Ghostscript License and FreeBSD CD? Message-ID: <199809010634.IAA08835@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <1326.904635966@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 1, 98 00:45:47 am
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> > > exhaustive list.) An example of a distribution that does not > > > fall under this section is a CD-ROM included in a book or > > > magazine. (This is not an exhaustive enumeration.) ... Perhaps a word of clarification from Aladdin would be useful. In fact i see two clauses (in bold down) which i think are relevant to the magazine case: > (ii) Distributing the Program on removable computer-readable media, > provided that the files containing the Program are reproduced entirely and > verbatim on such media, THAT ALL INFORMATION ON SUCH MEDIA BE > REDISTRIBUTABLE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES WITHOUT CHARGE, and that SUCH > MEDIA ARE DISTRIBUTED BY THEMSELVES (EXCEPT FOR ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION) > INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER PRODUCT OR SERVICE. Examples of such media include > CD-ROM, magnetic tape, and optical storage media. (This is not intended to > be an exhaustive list.) An example of a distribution that does not fall > under this section is a CD-ROM included in a book or magazine. (This is not > an exhaustive enumeration.) now the first one is no problem for the FreeBSD CD#1 and i think it is there just because people tend to stick a restrictive copyright on everything. E.g. one of the think i have to make clear to the libraries i send the 2.2.6 CDs that WC generously donated (thanks again!) is that people _CAN_ copy the content of the disks. The second one is a bit more critical i agree, but killing 5.10 from the CD set is a bit overkill. Can you make it go into another disk (not #1) of the set instead ? I think a time will come (if not already there) when all packages will just not fit into disk#1. > The case where it's a cover disk for some magazine is, indeed, > specifically excluded I see now and I'd say that's reason alone to > just mark Ghostcript 5x as "NO_CDROM" from this point onwards, my > reasoning being that we *like* FreeBSD going out on people's magazine > covers and it's frequently the easiest thing for Walnut Creek CDROM to > do to give them CD #1 of whatever FreeBSD product they currently have > and suggest that as the cover disc. I'd hate to lose that flexibility > over one package. cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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