Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:35:32 -0700 (PDT) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> To: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Glimpse now copyright ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960930192619.20033C-100000@harlie> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960930192514.23001A-100000@bdd.net>
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On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, James FitzGibbon wrote: > > This is directed to the individual who brought up the change in the > glimpse license. Sorry, I've deleted the original message. Chuck Robey > is going through exam fever, so I was going to update the port for him. > > I found that the COPYRIGHT file that comes with states : > > 1. Any copy made of this software must include this copyright notice > in full. > > 4. Redistribution for profit requires the express, written permission > of the authors. Non-exclusive licenses can be obtained for a small fee. > Contact the authors at glimpse@cs.arizona.edu. > > As for #1, the port installs the COPYRIGHT file into /share/doc/glimpse. > For #4, NO_CDROM=yes is set in the Makefile. There's also an entry for it > in ports/LEGAL. > > What are we missing to make the port comply with the license ? The port itself is completely legal, but misleading, as the only comment in the port is "No commercial redistribution." As silly as it sounds, the Licensing Agreement, which is *NOT* distributed with glimpse in any form I've found, states that for any commercial use, a licensing fee is required. Since I like to keep my home web site consistent with the one I administrate at work, I'm going to use the same indexer in both places. I asked the authors, and they stated yes, using glimpse on a site where people pay to put up sites does constitute commercial use, so this isn't confusion with redistribution. So far, I'm 1) contacting U of A for the actual cost of a licensing fee, 2) evaluating ht://dig (very versitile, but depending on you how you configure it, can create a database twice the size of the site you're indexing), and 3) evaluating FFW. And no, I'm not happy about finding out that there are restrictions that they don't tell you about when you download glimpse.
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