Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 01:27:45 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: open source license with 24 month proprietary clause Message-ID: <xzp8ytmi972.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <rusmru1qyr.mru@localhost.localdomain> (swear@attbi.com's message of "04 May 2003 11:55:56 -0700") References: <3EB4D079.26872.32A7E84C@localhost> <rusmru1qyr.mru@localhost.localdomain>
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swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) writes:
> I've read in -chat that the Softupdate code had a relatively severe
> license for a while, but I don't know if that was built into the
> original license, or handled by a scheduled license change.
The latter. The softupdates code was released under BSD license after
Kirk had gotten his ROI. Before that, it had a license which included
the following text:
Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information
on how to obtain complete source code for any accompanying
software that uses the this software. This source code must
either be included in the distribution or be available for
no more than the cost of distribution plus a nominal fee,
and must be freely redistributable under reasonable
conditions. For an executable file, complete source code
means the source code for all modules it contains. It does
not mean source code for modules or files that typically
accompany the operating system on which the executable file
runs, e.g., standard library modules or system header files.
Basically the GPL without the viral bit.
DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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