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Date:      Fri, 12 Jun 1998 02:22:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ken Arromdee <arromdee@inetnow.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: uudx
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980612021908.11999J-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <357DADC0.2EF5@inetnow.net>

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On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Ken Arromdee wrote:

> How do I tell what the license is on a FreeBSD source file? 

Look at the top -- the copyright is in every file.  Most are covered under
the BSD license.

> I am specifically interested in uudx, since I'm trying to find a
> uudecode program which doesn't contain the 'advertising clause' (which
> says that if a feature is advertised you have to include a credit in the
> advertising), so I can cut the routine out and use it in another
> program.  (As a programmer, I have little influence on how the marketing
> division advertises anything.) 

Both BSD and GNU have that, and those are the predominant copyrights. 
It's only one line, and you can make it 6 point on the legalese page.  :) 

``This program contains code developed by the University of California,
Berkeley, and it's contributors.''  That's it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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