Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:03:35 -0500 From: dmaddox@scsn.net (Donald J. Maddox) To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: The BSD License Message-ID: <19980129190335.64088@scsn.net>
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(Sorry if this is considered by some to be more appropriate to
the questions list than hackers, but I need a _knowledgeable_
answer to this quickly, since I need to be able to respond to
this lady by tomorrow...)
I am interested in adding support for STAC compression to
ppp and pppd. In that interest, I sent the following email to
Robert Friend (the co-author of RFC1974):
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Sir:
In RFC1974 you wrote:
> Source and object licenses are available on a non-discriminatory
> basis. Hardware implementations are also available. Contact Stac
> Electronics at the address and phone number listed with the author's
> address for further information.
I have a strong interest in adding STAC compression capabilities
to the 'ppp' and 'pppd' programs distributed with FreeBSD, the free
UNIX-derivative OS that you may be familiar with.
In that interest, I would be very grateful for any information or
pointers to information that you could provide me with regarding the
source and object licenses you mention in the above-quoted passage,
and particularly, whether or not these licenses might be compatible
with the well-known BSD license.
I would also be very grateful for pointers to any information
that might be useful or informative in my implementation efforts,
should licensing prove not to be an obstacle.
Thank you in advance.
Donald J. Maddox
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Mr. Friend responded that he would be happy to help with implementation
issues, but licensing issues were in the domain of sales, and provided me
with the contact information for one Cheryl Poland, who he felt would be
able to address my licensing questions.
Today, I received an email from Ms. Poland... She says that she is
unfamiliar with the BSD license, and wants me to elaborate. Unfortunately,
I now realize that I cannot, since I don't have a clear understanding of
exactly what the BSD license _is_. Does that well-known copyright attached
to the top of all our source files represent "the BSD license" in it's
entirety? 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 :-)
Thank you in advance for any help...
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