Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:57:30 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: toor@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, nate@sri.MT.net, Hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unzip for package tools (was re: FBSD 2.1) Message-ID: <199601290627.QAA09708@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199601290052.AAA08654@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at Jan 29, 96 00:52:46 am
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John S. Dyson stands accused of saying: > At work, where we might end up deploying FreeBSD based boxen, if it is > an application where it is embedded, and source is not easily redistributed, > we will remove EVERY LAST BIT OF ENCUMBERED CODE. The company that I work > for has deep pockets, and is very sensitive to such issues. I understand this; in your situation would you be shipping the package tools with the system? If you did, would your customers be unable to either access the net or obtain the Zip source code from you? And if so, would you be unwilling to negotiate with the InfoZip people to reach an intermediate agreement? They seem to be very reasonable. I'm not arguing here, just curious to know what direction you're pointing in. > John Dyson -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[
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