From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 29 16:43:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA28565 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:43:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.scsn.net (scsn.net [206.25.246.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA28545 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:43:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dmaddox@scsn.net) Received: from rhiannon.scsn.net ([208.133.153.44]) by mail.scsn.net (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-41950U6000L1100S0) with ESMTP id AAA184; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:41:03 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost) by rhiannon.scsn.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) id TAA01227; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:42:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from root) Message-ID: <19980129194229.16307@scsn.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:42:29 -0500 From: dmaddox@scsn.net (Donald J. Maddox) To: Greg Lehey Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The BSD License Reply-To: dmaddox@scsn.net Mail-Followup-To: Greg Lehey , hackers@freebsd.org References: <19980129190335.64088@scsn.net> <19980130105847.60343@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <19980130105847.60343@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Jan 30, 1998 at 10:58:47AM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" On Fri, Jan 30, 1998 at 10:58:47AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 07:03:35PM -0500, Donald J. Maddox wrote: > > Does that well-known copyright attached > > to the top of all our source files represent "the BSD license" in it's > > entirety? > > Yes. Basically it says: > > 1. You can use this software however you choose. > 2. Don't blame us if it breaks. > 3. Don't use our name to advertise it [I consider this a difficult > one; it conflicts with the next]. > 4. Do acknowledge the use of the code. Thanks for the reply, Greg... This interpretation is pretty close to what I got out of it. So, I guess this means if I want to be able to include STAC compression into FreeBSD, then _they_ have to be willing to allow STAC to be distributed with no further restrictions than the above... Is that right? > > > I would *greatly* appreciate it if someone more knowledgeable > > in these issues than I could provide me with some insight, or even better, > > volunteer as a point of contact for Ms. Poland :-) > > I don't think I'm any better than the others, and it would clearly be > useful if somebody at Berkeley volunteered, but if nobody else does, > she's welcome to contact me. Thanks for volunteering... I will provide you with contact information for Ms. Poland in private email, and I will advise her that you are available for informative discourse :-)