Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 23:42:28 +1100 (EST) From: Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au> To: eivind@dimaga.com (Eivind Eklund) Cc: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu, darrenr@freebsd.org, adam@veda.is, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: restrictive copyright? Message-ID: <199703111242.XAA04168@plum.cyber.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970311133911.00ca1ea0@dimaga.com> from "Eivind Eklund" at Mar 11, 97 01:39:12 pm
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In some mail I received from Eivind Eklund, sie wrote > At 03:35 AM 3/11/97 -0800, Satoshi Asami wrote: > > * 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. > > > >Are you looking at a newer version? Mine says: > > > >/* > > * ircd/res.c (C)opyright 1992, 1993, 1994 Darren Reed. All rights reserved. > > * This file may not be distributed without the author's prior permission in > > * any shape or form. The author takes no responsibility for any damage or > > * loss of property which results from the use of this software. > Distribution > > * of this file must include this notice. > > */ > > Couldn't the problem be fairly easily solved by actually _asking Darren_, > who is a member of the FreeBSD project? (Darren included on the Cc: list) It did change, in a later version of the software. the file should be easily replacable. Darren
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