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Date:      Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:46:14 +1030
From:      Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>
To:        Ed Hall <edhall@screech.weirdnoise.com>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Eclipse/BSD
Message-ID:  <20000210114614.D93305@internode.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200002092004.MAA04192@screech.weirdnoise.com>
References:  <38A1B807.F3BC660A@softweyr.com> <200002092004.MAA04192@screech.weirdnoise.com>

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On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 12:04:53PM -0800, Ed Hall wrote:

 > : It doesn't appear, from their licensing page, these changes are ever
 > : intended to be released to the FreeBSD project.  The license is very
 > : restrictive about redistribution.
 > 
 > Not only that, but it contains that pernicious gag clause: "You agree not
 > to release the results of any evaluation of the Licensed Software to any
 > third party without the prior written approval of Lucent Technologies."
 > Yuck!  Why would I want to test out their software if I can't even
 > reveal my results to anyone?

Those clauses aren't enforcible - Yet.  They will be when (if) the 
Digital Millenium Copyright Act passes.

    - mark

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