Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 18:47:57 +1000 (EST) From: Julian Jenkins <kaveman@magna.com.au> To: Thomas Gellekum <thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spice3f4 port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960504184250.175T-100000@kavemachine.magna.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199604161017.MAA28722@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Thomas Gellekum wrote: > Julian Jenkins wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Thomas Gellekum wrote: > > > It's ready to commit. However, I want to wait until I get some > > > information on usage conditions from software@eecs.berkeley.edu. > > > > I have been looking at this too, but the best I could find without > > actually emailing anybody was at : > > > > http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/ILP/Catalog/index.html > > Well, they pointed me to that site. So, if anyone familiar with legal > English could take a few minutes to look at the section on > Distribution Policy, please: > > http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/ILP/Catalog/94.preface.html#Distribution > > The catalog entry for Spice contains the note: ``Foreign Distribution: > yes''. But there's more to it: licensees have to write a ``letter of > assurance''; see > > http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/ILP/Catalog/assur.html > > As I understand this, we may use the source code from sunsite, we may > put up the package for ftp under similar disclaimers as the crypto > code (``no export to Country Group S and Z, so if you're from there, > don't download'') but we shouldn't include the source or the package > on the CDROM, in case WC wants to sell the CDs in, say, Libya or South > Africa. > > Any corrections welcome :-). I cannot see anyting wrong with this interpretation. Does WC employ any lawyers who could take a look at this? Are these restrictions placed as a result of any US laws or just by UCB? Just out of interest, if anyone can find out, how many FreeBSD CDs does WC sell in country groups S and Z and to the South African Police and Military? Kaveman kaveman@magna.com.au
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