Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:09:08 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, papowell@astart.com, Doug@gorean.org, nik@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200006271409.IAA04044@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200006270654.AAA32561@harmony.village.org> References: <39584F45.6C99F22B@softweyr.com> <200006242153.OAA01110@h4.private> <200006270615.AAA31842@harmony.village.org> <200006270654.AAA32561@harmony.village.org>
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> : > Looking at the rest of this thread, I thought I'd run through the > : > license to see if there were any gotchas. So far all the FUD I've > : > seen on the list seems to be false. > : > > : > : 4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code > : > : or executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the > : > : following: > : > : > : > : a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and > : > : library files, together with instructions (in the manual > : > : page or equivalent) on where to get the Standard Version. > : > : > : > : b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable > : > : source of the Package with your modifications. > : > > : > OK. > : > : If you're Joe's Print Server Corp you're not gonna be quite so willing to > : say "OK" to this. Do you really want your customers trying to upgrade > : your installation of LPRng on the ROMs in your Print Server ][ plus? > > We're not Joe's Print Server Corp. That's Joe's problem, not ours. No, it's ours, in that the software we have currently (which is used by Joe's Printer Server Corp.) works fine for Joe, and he has no licensing issues at all. (And it's not just JSPC that uses the lpr software, but also companies such as Whistle, Nokia, and others). > He can deliver the stock version of LPRng, or make arrangements with > the copyright holders, just like people that want to distribtue hacked > copies of perl w/o passing their changes back. Ahh, but if we could somehow convince the current copyright holder to use a more BSD like license, all of the above companies would be able to use alot more of FreeBSD 'out of the box' like they do know. LPRng is a step in the opposite direction as far as making their jobs easier. Think of the hassle it would be for you if your company used the lpr printer code inside of it. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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