Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 11:32:25 +0000 (GMT) From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: restrictive copyright? Message-ID: <199703111132.LAA14545@veda.is> In-Reply-To: <199703110502.VAA02508@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> from Satoshi Asami at "Mar 10, 97 09:02:41 pm"
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> See ports/LEGAL. It's not the GPL, it's a particular > file (ircd/res.c) that disallows redistribution. The restriction must have been lifted since then? > GPL, of any version, doesn't cause any problems for ports/packages. > > Satoshi > Here's the copyright notice from that file: == /************************************************************************ * IRC - Internet Relay Chat, ircd/res.c * Copyright (C) 1992 Darren Reed * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) * any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ == It struck me odd that it has a 1992 Copyright, but I suppose the status could have changed without affecting the date. -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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