From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jul 11 5: 8:13 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 9ECA137B9D2; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 05:08:00 -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 IAA27687; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:07:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:07:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: "David O'Brien" Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues In-Reply-To: <20000710235901.C26861@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: > > > > *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. > > Which "he"? If you mean the LPRng author, that is how I read his email. > How did you read it?? > > > I *appears* to me that he requires that each and every change in the > > sources be distinctly added to the -V message. > > Can you please quote me from the LPRng's author's email where he either > said or implied that? In his examples, simply adding "FreeBSD specific > version" or something like that is all that is required. > > > 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. > > Please quote me where. I don't have a copy in my email archives; someone forward me one. He did distinctly say that, for the -V option, in addition to his credits, the software must be marked with any modifications (type and who modified it, I think) that were done. He didn't want to be blamed if it wasn't 100% exactly how he gave it to us. Those were in the "two additional paragraphs" that he stipulated to be added to the normal BSD license. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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