Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:08:58 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More or Less and GNU Message-ID: <20000531150858.A45800@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <200005311304.e4VD40n08288@cwsys.cwsent.com>; from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 06:03:41AM -0700 References: <200005311304.e4VD40n08288@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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On Wed 2000-05-31 (06:03), Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:
> I've noticed some commits to -current and ports over the last week that
> indicate that Berkeley more is being replaced by GNU less. Granted
> less is a better product and I use it myself, my question is about GNU
> licensing.
'less' is distributable under the 'less' license, which is more-or-less
(ug!) BSD-license-equivalent.
The less README file says:
This program is free software. You may redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of either:
1. The GNU General Public License, as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
later version. A copy of this license is in the file COPYING.
or
2. The Less License, in the file LICENSE.
The less LICENSE file says:
Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Mark Nudelman
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice in the documentation and/or other materials provided with
the distribution.
Neil
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Neil Blakey-Milner
Sunesi Clinical Systems
nbm@mithrandr.moria.org
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