From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 3 22:28:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA25855 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:28:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horst.bfd.com (horst.bfd.com [204.160.242.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA25850 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:28:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Received: from harlie.bfd.com (bastion.bfd.com [204.160.242.14]) by horst.bfd.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA16440; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:28:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:28:33 -0800 (PST) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" To: Julian Elischer cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kirk's soft-update integration.. In-Reply-To: <34D7D0B0.500F9F30@whistle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, Julian Elischer wrote: > Kirk's soft update code has a poison pill license for > commercial use, (he gives the license on a case by case basis) My reading of this doesn't support this. Certainly we should get the authors opinion on this, but it sounds like redistribution is acceptable without any other licensing, provided we abide by the four conditions, which are about as restrictive as LGPL. > * The following are the copyrights and redistribution conditions that > * apply to this copy of the soft update software. For a license > * to use, redistribute or sell the soft update software under > * conditions other than those described here, please contact the > * author at one of the following addresses: ie, follow these rules, or else get permission.