Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:43:45 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org> To: d@delphij.net Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r189765 - in head: . lib/libc lib/libc/nls Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903131741330.6590@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <49BADAFB.4070009@delphij.net> References: <200903131040.n2DAecSO061131@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903130910540.4522@thor.farley.org> <20090313182216.GA8844@zim.MIT.EDU> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903131331320.6076@thor.farley.org> <20090314060159.c508619b.nork@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903131607250.6590@thor.farley.org> <49BADAFB.4070009@delphij.net>
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On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, Xin LI wrote: > Sean C. Farley wrote: >> On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Norikatsu Shigemura wrote: >>> On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:36:07 -0500 (CDT) "Sean C. Farley" <scf@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> functionality, however, the Citrus website is ambiguous about the >>>> license. >>> >>> Really? > ambigous >>> Citrus is licensed under BSD License or variant (like >>> Perl or MIT). It can use with (L)GPL. >>> >>> WWW: http://citrus.bsdclub.org/ >> >> OK. Technically, the website is not ambiguous. It is the license >> that is ambiguous. :) At least, they claim it is: >> >> The license is still ambiguous at this point, but it will be either >> a BSD Style License or use perl's model. In addition, "the license >> must allow for BSD/MIT/(L)GPL uses of the code". This allows the >> possibility that it will be picked up by X or glib. However, it is >> only a "possibility". To be honest, so far there is not schedule to >> do port to glibc strictly. The X Consortium may be interested in >> iconv for its X-TT or Unicode support. >> >> A person offering code for this project must agree to it being >> distributed with this license condition. In addition, copyright of >> this project is added to the source code. Of course the original >> copyright is left in place as well. > > IANAL but the code already included in NetBSD says. for example: *snip BSD license* > So my understanding is that, at least these code are released under a > 2-clause BSD code and we are supposed to be able to use these code > under such license? If that is the case, then that is great. I was only going by what the website said about the source. Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org
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