Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 22:00:10 GMT From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/98911: getopt(1): getopt.c license issue Message-ID: <200805042200.m44M0A0r074811@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/98911; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, jmc@kerhand.co.uk Cc: Subject: Re: bin/98911: getopt(1): getopt.c license issue Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 22:50:05 +0100 Since this issue was raised in June 2006 NetBSD added a header at the top of getopt.c: /* * This material, written by Henry Spencer, was released by him * into the public domain and is thus not subject to any copyright. */ The FreeBSD man page for getopt(1) does record Henry as the author, but the README in src/usr.bin/getopt is possibly misleading. The original message can be seen through Google Groups at http://groups.google.com/group/mod.std.unix/msg/4ebaa418597b4ff0 and it appears clear that Ian Darwin isn't claiming he wrote getopt but that he'd found it and was posting a copy of it for others to see. In particular, note that the History section remained intact and attributed Henry as the original author. -- Bruce
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