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Date:      Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:36:16 -0800
From:      bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah)
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/one-true-awk - Imported sources 
Message-ID:  <200110281936.f9SJaGh19709@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>
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If memory serves me right, "David O'Brien" wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 11:13:18AM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> > FYI:  Per some discussion on -arch@ over licensing issues, I sent an
> > email to bwk on Friday requesting clarification (basically boiled down
> > to "is it allowed by the license to include the-one-true-awk in a
> > distribution that may be sold for profit?").  If it's OK with you, I'd
> 
> The license is fine!  We already have a lot of bits with this same
> license in our tree.  NetBSD and OpenBSD both use the One True Awk.

I admit I didn't know that other *BSDs use it, or that we have other 
license bits like this.

>     grep 'and without fee' /usr/include/*.h /usr/include/*/*.h
> 
> > like to get a reply from him first before you flip the switch.
> 
> There is no need.  What do you find unclear about the license?

Here's the part I'm unclear on.

   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
   its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
   granted...

Does "and without fee" apply to granting permission, or does it apply 
to using, copying, modifying, and distributing?  In the first case, 
we're fine.  In the second case, we might have a problem.

I don't have any real objections otherwise, and in any case I'm not the 
person doing the work, so it's certainly not my place to say "you can't 
do this".....

Bruce.



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