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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: FBSD 2.1
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> > Do you want a library instead of just calling the zip/unzip utils and
> > parsing the output?  Although I think the latter would be much slower,
> > it would avoid you having to GPL your package tools, and avoid
> > 'Yet-Another' GPL utility in the tree.
> 
> Er, have you actually looked at the ZIP license?  It's definitely not a
> GPL toy.
> 
> Unpack the 'unzip' source archive and read the COPYING file.  Just
> because it's called COPYING doesn't mean GPL 8)

Re-read the license.  Just because it doesn't claim to be the GPL
doesn't mean it's not following the same 'form' as the GPL.  They are
very similar licenses.


Nate