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Date:      Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:56:23 -0500
From:      Charlie Root <root@scsn.net>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, dmaddox@scsn.net
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The BSD License
Message-ID:  <19980129195623.55979@scsn.net>
In-Reply-To: <19980130111804.13786@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Jan 30, 1998 at 11:18:04AM %2B1030
References:  <19980129190335.64088@scsn.net> <19980130105847.60343@lemis.com> <19980129194229.16307@scsn.net> <19980130111804.13786@lemis.com>

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On Fri, Jan 30, 1998 at 11:18:04AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 07:42:29PM -0500, Donald J. Maddox wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> 
> If they want to distribute it under a Berkeley license, yes.  Unlike
> the GPL, there's no obligation to distribute *everything* in a product
> under this license, however.  In the terminology of the GPL opponents,
> the Berkeley license doens't infect software it touches.

Ok, now you've confused me :-/  Exactly what restrictions are acceptable
on code distributed with the base system, like ppp?  What are some examples
of what _is not_ acceptable?




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