Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:35:31 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, josb@cncdsl.com, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DJBDNS vs. BIND Message-ID: <20010219103531.N6641@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200102191825.f1JIPde37350@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 10:25:39AM -0800 References: <200102191012.DAA17412@usr05.primenet.com> <200102191825.f1JIPde37350@earth.backplane.com>
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* Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> [010219 10:26] wrote: > :When I brought up the issue of the old Soft Updates license being > :a problem for Best Internet, I wasn't joking: technically, they > :were using Soft Updates legally, but sale of their business when > :they were acquired could have triggered the license clause which > :prohibited FreeBSD from being shipped with the code compiled into > :the kernel and enabled by default. > > Huh? It was a while ago but I am fairly certain I sent a Kirk a > check for our use of softupdates at BEST. I understand your point, > though, but it's a rather severe interpretation and I don't think > it applies to either softupdates or DJBDNS. I think Terry is tossing the idea around that it would or couldn't be possible for a company aquisition to transfer all software licenses. If this is how it works, suddenly whomever bought Best got to use softupdates in a much larger setup than Kirk probably initially thought. Sort of like Foocom Inc buying a license to ship several hundred units a year at a bargain price then having Sun swallow them and take advantage of the license. If this isn't how it works, then whomever bought Best might have been in for a lot of trouble depending on how much Best itself relied on softupdates to function. If the license was non-transferable even through aquisition then it might render a lot of Best's technology useless. All this is speculation, I'm sure Best liked softupdates, but could have managed without them. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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