On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> Santiago -
>
> Can you tell me if the Maildir patch that Debian distributes with pine is
> under a Free license?
Yes, it is under a BSD-like license. From imap/src/osdep/unix/maildir.c:
[...]
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
* documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
* that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both the
* above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
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* used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
* without specific, written prior permission. This software is made
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> Eduardo is unwilling ("currently") to license his patches under any
> license, including a Free license. If the Pine patch we ship is not Free,
> and Eduardo's patch is not Free, then we are back to square one.
Well, this is what Eduardo said in March 2007:
> I myself do not care what people do with the patch as long as they
> don't claim ownership.
and later:
> As far as my reading of the license goes, all I ask about license is
> compatible and allowed under the Apache 2.0 License; but I do not want my
> work to be under such license.
The way I read this, it seems that Eduardo considers the Apache 2.0 License
too much restrictive for his patch.
If that's the case, maybe he would accept a BSD-like license for his patch,
as everything he seemed to ask is that nobody claims ownership of the patch.
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