From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 16 19:12:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA09133 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:12:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA09119 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:11:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA01243; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 13:44:27 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601170314.NAA01243@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FBSD 2.1 To: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 13:44:26 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, nate@sri.MT.net, jkh@time.cdrom.com, tnaggs@cddotdot.mikom.csir.co.za, Hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601161547.IAA04366@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Jan 16, 96 08:47:13 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Nate Williams stands accused of saying: > > 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. Huh? This I just don't follow. Their license and copyrights look (to me) nothing like the GPL at all. They all boil down to "do what you like with this code, as long as you don't try to lock the source code away". There's no requirement that other code aggregated with it fall under the same restrictions, or (except in the case of _commercial_applications_, which FreeBSD is not) the provision of any form of associated service. I can't see how using Info-Zip's code in a package tool would cause license complications. Naturally, I'm open to reeducation 8) > Nate -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[