From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Jul 10 18: 2:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5066937B985; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 18:02:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA22035; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:02:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:02:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: "David O'Brien" Cc: Nate Williams , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues In-Reply-To: <20000710105019.A25631@dragon.nuxi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 09:46:22AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > > > >> Let me try to state this as clearly as possible: > > > >> If the FreeBSD project wants to distribute LPRng under the BSD > > > >> license, then I will give them a license to distribute it under > > > >> the BSD license terms. I would add the following two provisions > > > >> in addition to standard BSD License terms: > > > > *IFF* LPRng uses a 3-line BSD license, then I withdraw my objection to > > it being in the base system. > > Why do you have problems with a BSD-style license with the stipulation > that derived versions are marked as such? He didn't say that. I *appears* to me that he requires that each and every change in the sources be distinctly added to the -V message. I guess that means all cvs history in any of the LPRng sources must be listed. Look, it sounds stupid, but *I* didn't say it, he did. Don't blame me for it. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message