Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:05:54 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Someone needs to re-develop "Softupdates" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980308210334.25821A-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <19980308191111.08309@mcs.net>
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On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Karl Denninger wrote: > I just read Julian's page. > > What is in the Copyright file, and how Kirk "interprets" it, are two > completely different things. > > According to the copyright, using the code as long as it is not resold as > part of a packaged product is perfectly fine. > > According to Kirk, if someone wants to use it in a "Production ISP System" > (to cite one of his examples) they need to negotiate a license from him. > > To use a single word Kirk: NO. > > Your copyright is clear about resale of the code (ie: as part of an embedded > system used for something). However, it says NOTHING about someone wanting > to use the code internally for their own use being restricted based on what > they intend to do *INTERNALLY* with it. > > That's nothing short of incredible, if you ask me. I'm not sure I understand your comments. As I understand it, commercial use of softupdates requires a license which you need to buy from Kirk. Are you concerned about the fogginess of the license document, or paying for a commerical license? > -- > -- > Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin > http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service > | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems > Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS > Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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