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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 06:40:50 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        bmah@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>, Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: import bawk? Re: NO_AWK 
Message-ID:  <200110261341.f9QDfSS64291@cwsys.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Oct 2001 22:12:15 PDT." <200110260512.f9Q5CFS40443@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com> 

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In message <200110260512.f9Q5CFS40443@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>, 
"Bruce A
. Mah" writes:
> If memory serves me right, Mike Barcroft wrote:
> > Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com> writes:
> > > >bawk is license friendly for us.
> > > 
> > > "without fee" is license friendly for us?
> > 
> > The way I read it, the "without fee" applies to the "permission", not
> > the "any purpose."  That is, they grant you permission to use it for
> > any purpose and don't charge you a fee.  They don't require your uses
> > of it be not-for-profit.
> > 
> > It looks like a reworded 3-clause BSD license to me. :)
> 
> Rather than us guessing at the meaning (which I feel *is* rather
> ambiguous), would it make sense for someone to request clarification
> from some suitable representative of Lucent, telling them exactly what
> the plans are and asking if they're compatible with the license?  The
> Web page has a pointer to Brian Kernighan...I'm pretty sure he'd know
> the answer.  :-)

This is an excellent idea.  I recently resolved an MIT Kerberos 
encryption export issue just by asking.


Regards,                         Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                        Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD
Ministry of Management Services
Province of BC



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