From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 9 17:17:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gizmo.internode.com.au (gizmo.internode.com.au [192.83.231.115]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 226BB42DC for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2000 17:17:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from newton@localhost) by gizmo.internode.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA46406; Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:46:15 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from newton) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:46:14 +1030 From: Mark Newton To: Ed Hall Cc: Wes Peters , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Eclipse/BSD Message-ID: <20000210114614.D93305@internode.com.au> References: <38A1B807.F3BC660A@softweyr.com> <200002092004.MAA04192@screech.weirdnoise.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <200002092004.MAA04192@screech.weirdnoise.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.on.net/~newton/pgpkey.txt Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Mark Newton Email: newton@internode.com.au (W) Network Engineer Email: newton@atdot.dotat.org (H) Internode Systems Pty Ltd Desk: +61-8-82232999 "Network Man" - Anagram of "Mark Newton" Mobile: +61-416-202-223 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message