Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:47:31 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <395AD4E3.7999222F@softweyr.com> References: <39593177.336E28E9@softweyr.com> <39584F45.6C99F22B@softweyr.com> <200006242153.OAA01110@h4.private> <200006270615.AAA31842@harmony.village.org> <200006270654.AAA32561@harmony.village.org> <200006272316.RAA50246@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote:
>
> In message <39593177.336E28E9@softweyr.com> Wes Peters writes:
> : But the rub is - does the activity of porting it to FreeBSD make it a
> : changed version? I'm well aware that the FreeBSD standard versions are
> : re-released to the public, but none of that has anything to do with this
> : section 4.
>
> No. It is OK. If you use an unmodified version, all you gotta do is
> toss a cdrom in your ftp server worst case. Or you could say "just
> grab it from here, that's the version taht we use." And you'd be in
> compliance for it.
Not if the box won't work without it. ;^)
This is more an issue with Perl than with LPRng.
> : The problem is not with their own hacked copy of LPRng, but that they
> : (potentially) can't distribute the FreeBSD version. I'm staring at this
> : with Perl on a closely related ;^) platform at the moment, and it is
> : quite a problem.
>
> No. I think you are incorrectly reading it. One could easily argue
> that if one distributes the FereBSD version one is in compliance with
> the license.
One can easily argue that. Now go tell your boss the license is ambiguous
but YOU are certain you can win the court case. Be sure to visit monster.com
first, though.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
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