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Date:      Sat, 18 Jan 2003 13:20:50 -0500
From:      Thomas Dickey <dickey@herndon4.his.com>
To:        clemens fischer <ino-qc@spotteswoode.de.eu.org>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org, Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org>, "Thomas E. Dickey" <dickey@herndon4.his.com>
Subject:   Re: Fwd: lynx-dev  [CHRPM] lynx-2.8.5-0.11mdk.dev.8
Message-ID:  <20030118182050.GB4022@bloatware.reston01.va.comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <wul2ze3w.fsf@ID-23066.news.dfncis.de>
References:  <wul2ze3w.fsf@ID-23066.news.dfncis.de>

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On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 04:12:19PM +0100, clemens fischer wrote:
> hi.
> 
> there has been diskussion on the lynx-dev list on the license.  lynx
> (text browser) isn't GPL, but one cannot say that it is in the public

but lynx is GPL.

> domain, either.  numerous people have contributed over time, some of
> which cannot be contacted anymore.  there are japanese/CJK versions
> floating around and parts of the code can't be attributed to anybody
> anymore.
> 
> thomas dickey, lynx' main maintainer and most people on the list would
> like to have this issue cleared up, so that we might opt for making it
> a source-forge/savannah project or whatever.

we've discussed that before - I'm not interested in any ties to source-forge.
 
> what is your opinion in this matter?  do you have any information on
> who wrote what under which license?
> 
> regards,
> 
>   clemens fischer
> 
> 

> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:02:35 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Thomas E. Dickey" <dickey@herndon4.his.com>
> Subject: Re: lynx-dev Re: [CHRPM] lynx-2.8.5-0.11mdk.dev.8
> To: <lynx-dev@sig.net>
> 
> On 19 Nov 2002, Clemens Fischer wrote:
> 
> > Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net>:
> >
> > >> how about this:  everybody ever contributing to lynx source and/or
> > >> documentation shall send an email to thomas dickey giving him the
> > >> copyright to these parts.
> > >
> > > That would be hard (not all contributors can be contacted).
> >
> > ... within reasonable limits of time.  i think if we'd post to this
> > list and maybe on slashdot or somesuch medium, email them and wait a
> > month, this is what i'd call reasonable.  also, we should contact the
> > FSF about this, and freebsd.  eg. freebsd has lynx in it's base
> > distribution at a critical point (important documentation will be
> > installed in HTML, and lynx for viewing it).
> >
> > want me to ask?
> 
> sure - go ahead.  It might be a good way to go.
> 
> -- 
> T.E.Dickey <dickey@herndon4.his.com>
> http://invisible-island.net
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> 
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