Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 23:56:05 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, papowell@astart.com Subject: Re: was: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20000622235602.A1088@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <200006222046.e5MKkKn07168@cwsys.cwsent.com>; from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca on Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 01:45:52PM -0700 References: <17253.961705123@localhost> <200006222046.e5MKkKn07168@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 01:45:52PM -0700, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:
> In message <17253.961705123@localhost>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes:
> > > > LPRng is distributed under the GNU and Artistic licenses.
> > >
> > > If Patrick drops the GNU license in favour of a BSD license it should
> > > be O.K.
> >
> > I'll repeat what Nik said above: "LPRng is distributed under the GNU
> > and Artistic licenses." Those are the two you get to choose from and
> > that's just the breaks. Note that one of them is not the GPL.
>
> He said GNU and Artistic licences.
> ^^^
> I took that to mean no choice.
>
> Having read the copyright, it is not GPL. LPRng uses GNU gettext,
> which is GPL, for NLS support. In other words it is distributed under
> GNU and Artistic licenses, meaning no choice. Would that be
> problematic (either omitting NLS support or requiring the gettext for
> any builds that require NLS support) for anyone? Otherwise to keep
> life simple, it should stay in ports.
Just for reference, does this mean that
http://www.astart.com/lprng/license.txt
is wrong? It says
You may use "LPRng" or "IFHP" under either the terms of the GNU
GPL License or the Artistic License. These licenses are included
below.
which contradicts you.
N
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