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 > ftp://invisible-island.net > > > ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to majordomo@sig.net -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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