Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:45:28 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Greg Quinlan" <greg@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Slapd (LDAP) Problems Message-ID: <000f01bf306b$228998a0$021d85d1@youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <00af01bf3025$955a27a0$5214010a@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>
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One can be embedded in commerical products with minimal restrictions, the other can't. This is the main difference between the GPL and the FreeBSD license, so if you're going to argue that's a good thing, this isn't the list to do it on. DS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> > > > The distribution requirements for openldap are much more > restrictive than > > those for the old ldap. I'd hate to see the more retricted one > replace the > > freer one. > > > > DS > > > > Sorry how so? > > See: > > http://www.openldap.org/software/release/license.html > > The only difference I can see is that the development of > openldap, is as its > name suggests, "open." That any modifications to the "core > standard product" > be publicly shared, and properly documented. Selling Openldap as > a separate > product is also NOT allowed. Selling support, Selling it as part > of another > product, Selling installation of it.....etc is permitted. Essentially your > not allowed to steal-it call it your own!!! > > This is surely a good thing? > > > Greg > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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